The Tonearm

Father. Business & Creative Professional. Host of the award-winning podcast Spotlight On, featuring the musicians, writers, innovators and ideas shaping media, entertainment, and culture.

The Tonearm's frantic editor and devoted scribble-pusher. Served under Q-Burns Abstract Message in the great DJ wars. Likes sunrises, vegan food, inscrutable movies, and people with Mastodon accounts.

Miriam continues broadening the view of the readers uncovering new voices in the music industry. Her written work shines the spotlight on gender inclusivity and other forms of diversity.

Meredith Hobbs Coons (she/her) is an eager creative, writer, musician, and podcaster with bylines in The Washington Post, Tape Op, Talkhouse, SoundGirls, Aquarium Drunkard and The A.V. Club.

Author, speaker and music journalist with over 5,000 published bylines, 1,300+ artist interviews. Author of three books. 'What's the Big Idea: 30 Great Concept Albums' coming in November 2025.

Carolyn Zaldivar Snow is a field recordist and journalist. She leads editorial at electronic music label Mystery Circles, and contributes to Tape Op Magazine where she helps shape conversations around experimental sound. www.thiselectricspace.com

Jonah is a fiction writer, drummer, and an educator based in Philadelphia, PA.

Bill Cooper is a freelance writer and pop culture critic who contributes regularly to Spectrum Culture, Third Eye Psych Rock, and his Substack.