Kevin Phinney, Patch Staff

Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin.

He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio).

He is also the author of "Souled American," a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.