Rafer Guzmán

Bio

Rafer Guzman has covered pop music for Newsday since 2002. He also writes a weekly column, "With The Band," that focuses on artists and events in Long Island's local music scene.

Before coming to Newsday, he covered travel and tourism at The Wall Street Journal. He has also written for Rolling Stone, The San Francisco Bay Guardian and the dearly departed Option magazine.

Rafer earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in English literature from U.C. Berkeley.