Christian John Wikane is a NYC-based music journalist and essayist. Since 2003, he's interviewed more than 600 recording artists, songwriters, and producers, including Paul McCartney, Janelle Monáe, Donna Summer, Pete Seeger, Annie Lennox, Maurice White, Jimmy Scott, Carly Simon, and Kenny Gamble. He is currently a Contributing Editor for PopMatters, an online magazine of cultural criticism, contributing writer for PEOPLE, and co-produces the video series Unscripted: Conversations with Christian John Wikane with filmmaker Sekou Luke, which features interviews with Oscar, GRAMMY, Tony, and Emmy-winning artists, plus a live edition they've presented at the Apollo Theater, City Winery, and Lincoln Center for the American Songbook series. He's had the honor of contributing to the Emmy-nominated Tina Turner documentary, TINA (HBO), as well as Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (CNN) and Love to Love You, Donna Summer (HBO).

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Christian has had the privilege of curating and moderating several events at the Apollo Theater for Apollo Education's "Live Wire" series, including "Legendary: A Conversation with Dionne Warwick and Melba Moore," "Bold Soul Sisters," a panel discussion featuring Nona Hendryx, Ruth Pointer, Kathy Sledge, and Rochelle Fleming, and "She's A Rebel: An Interview with Martha Reeves, Sarah Dash, and Joshie Jo Armstead."

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Among other live events, he's moderated a screening of CNN Films' Luther: Never Too Much (2024) with Carlos Alomar, Robin Clark, Tawatha Agee, Nat Adderley, Jr., and film producer Leah Smith at Stevens Institute of Technology, plus a Q&A with Alfa Anderson, Linda Clifford, and Cory Daye for the Brooklyn Museum's "Studio 54" exhibit, and a Q&A  with Carlos Alomar and Robin Clark about "The Soulfulness of David Bowie" for the Brooklyn Museum's "David Bowie is" exhibit. He also conducted a Q&A with disco legends D.C. LaRue and Felipe Rose (original co-founder and Native of Village People) for Queer/Art/Film's screening of the Motown-Casablanca film Thank God It's Friday (1978) at IFC Center.

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Since 2010, Christian has authored extensive liner notes for more than 200 album re-issues by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, GRAMMY winners, and other icons of R&B, rock, dance, pop, and jazz. He's also conducted interviews for several BBC Radio documentaries, Sirius XM's Studio 54 channel, Chase Bank ("Inside Access"), and hosted/produced more than a dozen concerts at Joe’s Pub (the Public Theater), the Blue Note, Iridium Jazz Club, and Wölffer Estate Vineyard. He's guest lectured for Barnard College's "Harlem Semester" Program and presented at EMP Pop Conference, the Parrish Art Museum, Apollo Education's "Master Class" Series, and NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Music. He's the sole author of Casablanca Records: Play It Again, a 50,000-word oral history that documented the 35th anniversary of Casablanca Records, and co-author of What the Band Wore: Fashion & Music (2023) with Alice Harris for ACC Art Books.