Vivien, a London-born, New York-residing writer, broadcaster, educator, post-punk musician is an Adjunct Professor at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. A widely-published journalist who kicked off in the UK 1970’s rock press, the most recent of Goldman’s six books is 'Revenge of the She-Punks' (Omnibus). 'Resolutionary', a compilation of Goldman's music, was selected as a Top Re-issue of 2016. She has just recorded an untitled album with producer Youth of Killing Joke. 'Cherchez La Femme', the Musical she co-wrote with August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, was premiered by New York's La Mama Theatre in 2016. An active producer/director in the US and UK in the 1980s, her video of Eric B and Rakim’s 'I Ain’t No Joke' was shown at NY’s Museum of the Moving Image. NYU’s Fales Library holds The Vivien Goldman Punk and Reggae Collection.

Vivien Goldman
New York, United States
Keynote Speaker
Writer, broadcaster, educator, post-punk musician