Jordannah Elizabeth Graham
Jordannah Elizabeth Graham | |
|---|---|
Elizabeth at Red Emma's book store in Baltimore | |
| Born | October 16, 1986[1] |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, lecturer and musician |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Website | |
| jewriting | |
Jordannah Elizabeth Graham[2] (born October 16, 1986)[1] is an American musician, journalist, lecturer, music critic, author and screenwriter.
She is the author of She Raised Her Voice! 50 Black Women Who Sang Their Way into Music History[3] (2021, Hachette Book Group), which won a Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Award,[4] and A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop[5] (2023, Workman). She has written for and contributed to outlets including New York Amsterdam News, NPR affiliates, Village Voice, DownBeat, Bandcamp Daily, and others, and has taught music business at The New School’s College of Performing Arts.
Career
Graham started her professional writing career in 2013 with bylines in Vice Magazine,[6] Nerve.com[7] and Bitch Media.[8] In October 2013, she became a regular contributing writer and entertainment reporter for New York Amsterdam News.[9] In subsequent years, she wrote for a number of Bay Area publications including San Francisco Bay Guardian, East Bay Express,[10] and SF Weekly, and other outlets including LA Weekly,[11] Ms. Magazine, PopSugar, and NPR Music.[12]
Elizabeth's writing consists of interviews, music journalism, personal essays, articles on healing in relationships and trauma,[13] and literary journalism.[14]
She has taught writing and journalism workshops at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Center for New Music in San Francisco[15][16] and lectured at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and De Montfort University in Leicester, England.[17] She was a guest journalist at Harvard University's Black Lives Matter: Music, Race, and Justice Conference[18] in February 2017 and has also moderated panels on literature and film at Baltimore Book Festival[19] and Creative Alliance[20] in Baltimore, MD. In April 2021, she was a keynote speaker and panelist at the Columbia University's Music Scholarship Conference.[21]
Graham has taught music business at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.[22]
Books
- Don't Lose Track Vol. 1: 40 Selected Articles, Essays and Q&As (Zer0 Books, 2016)
- The Warmest Low (Chapbook One) Limited Edition Two (Publik / Private Small Press, 2017)
- She Raised Her Voice!: 50 Black Women Who Sang Their Way into Music History (Running Press Kids, 2021)
- A Child's Introduction to Hip Hop (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2023)
- Ain't But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Stories (Contributor, Duke University Press, 2022)
- The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association (Cymbal Press, 2024)
- V: 14 Poets (Publik / Private Small Press, 2025)
References
- ^ a b c "Bio". Jordannah Elizabeth Graham. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ^ "Juneteenth: Amplifying Black Voices". Hachette Book Group. June 13, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Elizabeth, Jordannah (April 5, 2021). She Raised Her Voice!. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-7624-7516-2.
- ^ "My guide to publishing a JJA Book of the Year – Jazz Journalists Association News". news.jazzjournalists.org. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Elizabeth, Jordannah (December 5, 2022). A Child's Introduction to Hip-Hop. Workman Kids. ISBN 978-0-7624-8103-3.
- ^ Karmic Concepts of Tech N9ne
- ^ Five Albums You Should Be Listening To Right Now: The Process Records
- ^ Hip-Hop Duo THEESatisfaction Talk Beats, Queerness, and Cosmos"
- ^ Azealia Banks, Q-Tip address cultural appropriation" Amsterdamnews.com, January 2, 2015
- ^ Panda Bear's Discipline and Precision at The Independent, Eastbayexpress.com, April 16, 2015
- ^ "Jordannah Elizabeth". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ Davis, Francis (January 5, 2019). "The 2018 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll". NPR.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ "Kenyan Court Ruling Demands Accountability in the Global Maternal Health Crisis Facing Black Women - Ms. Magazine Blog". Ms. Magazine Blog. May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ Elizabeth, Jordannah. "Mahogany L. Browne describes the making of The BreakBeat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "Inaugural Symposium". Global South Center. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "A Rumination of Black Experimental Music Jordannah Elizabeth". Center for New Music. October 4, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Breaking the mould: American music journalist visits De Montfort University". Leicestershire Press. October 25, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "Black experimental artists shine at Harvard BLM conference". amsterdamnews.com. February 16, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Baltimore Bookfestival 2018 :: EVENT DETAIL". www.baltimorebookfestival.com. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops' Story | Creative Alliance". www.creativealliance.org. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Columbia Music Scholarship Conference". Columbia University Department of Music. December 10, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ wilburw (November 3, 2021). "New Faculty Members at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music are Making Waves in the Classroom and Beyond". The New School News. Retrieved September 2, 2025.