Sound Off with Katy Henriksen, on music that challenges the status quo, explores creativity at the intersection of art, music, and literature, to dig into what that work and the people making it tell us about art and life in the 21st century.
Katy Henriksen’s passion for storytelling & culture serves as a throughline in her expansive career in journalism, public relations & arts leadership. Whether through producing her own daily classical music & arts show Of Note on KUAF 91.3 NPR, garnering national & international press attention for clients at Riot Act Media or founding the live music nonprofit Trillium Salon Series, cultivating connection to build community remains her mission.
Her journalism career spans print, broadcast & web, with features, reviews, interviews & editorials in esteemed national outlets that include Salon, Hyperallergic, Bandcamp Daily, Oxford American, Publishers Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, Maggot Brain & The Creative Independent. She also served as the first ever music editor to the literary site The Rumpus, where she founded the wildly popular “Albums of our Lives” essay series dedicated to personal essays centered around records. Her podcast Sound Off, on music challenging the status quo, includes in-depth conversations with Grammy winners, Pulitzer Prize winners & others pushing boundaries with sound.
Her DIY ethos led her to a role as art director of Cannibal Books, a press dedicated to handmade poetry books & journals, co-running Burning Chair Readings in both New York City & Fayetteville, AR, & founding the nonprofit Trillium Salon Series, an organization that redefines the live music experience to invite connection and build community. She once gave a TED Talk on how to feel more human by connecting through music.
