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

Italian civilians march through a city street celebrating Liberation Day, carrying flags and an accordion.

Radiohead photographed in 1997.

Image still from "The Wizard of Oz" film, Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale and dog Terry as Toto.

Band Mamas & The Papas photographed in the early 1970s, standing in front of a body of water, black and white.

Screenshot of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" video. Vocalist Dave Bickler in the front.

Members of the Moody Blues.

Michael Jackson, photo from the late 1980s, montaged on orange backdrop.

A photograph of Julius Fučík with an American flag background.

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