Justin Beckner

Justin Beckner

Feature Writer

Justin has been a music journalist and photographer for over 20 years, having written for many music-centric publications. He attended college at the University of Minnesota. He is a guitar builder and lover of all things music-related. He does play guitar, bass, and piano in whatever little free time he can find.

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Articles by Justin Beckner

Randy Newman and Taylor Swift performing at the Toy Story 5 premiere in Hollywood, screenshot of Associated Press video.

Image collage of David Draiman and Paul Simon.

Clairo, Lady Gaga, Anastacia, and Ariana Grande in a four-panel collage.

A still from the J.G. Wentworth '877-CASH-NOW' commercial, actors in operatic costumes performing on stage.

A side-by-side split image. On the left is a classic cartoon illustration of the Pink Panther, standing with arms crossed against a solid pink background. On the right is a vintage photograph of composer Henry Mancini in a recording studio, wearing headphones and holding a conductor's baton while gesturing with his hand to his chest.

Swedish pop band ABBA in 1974

The theme composer Lalo Schrifin and Tom Cruise in the 1996 film Mission: Impossible

Gigi Perez performing live in St. Charles, Iowa in 2025.

The Rolling Stones performing live in 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Country music legend Buck Owens playing his iconic American flag acoustic guitar, the visual signature of his Hee Haw and Bakersfield Sound era.

A 19th-century oil painting by Carl Schlösser of Beethoven sitting at a piano in a cluttered study, holding a quill over sheet music with an intense expression.

Synth-pop band A-ha in 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tears for Fears and Gary Jules

Ludwig Göransson

The Killers

Paul McCartney