Reggie Trayton

Reggie Trayton is a New York-based music journalist whose writing explores the cultural intersections of twentieth-century American music. He writes about the artists whose work crossed the colour line of mid-century American radio, analyzing how sound waves helped dismantle social barriers.

His debut work of biography, The Wyoming Sessions, examines the collaborative recording environments of the late nineteen-sixties. By focusing on archived studio logs and fresh interviews with session musicians, Trayton reconstructs the daily realities of historic recording booths.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he spends his weekends browsing local record shops and restoring vintage audio equipment.