Performed in a variety of settings, his songs include “How She’s Been Since Then,” “On a Train to Budapest,” “I’ve Always Been in Love,” “Give Her Real Love,” “Everywhere,” and “How to Make a Woman Disappear.”

Recordings of songs he has written or co-written include “Love Don’t Hurt People,” a pop song recorded by Cissy Houston (with Whitney Houston); “Odessa Swing,” a klezmer swing tune recorded by Jeff Warschauer and members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band; “Standing in the Doorway,” a folk song recorded by Mary McCaslin; and “The Green Hills,” a Celtic tune featured on a Sharon Kennedy album.

Steve has performed as a singer-songwriter as well, and was a member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band from 1982 to 1992. He also has long experience in the music business, most notably as the production manager at Rounder Records from 1988 to 2013. He taught Music Business at UMass Lowell from 2015 to 2018, and currently works with Ed Keane Associates, a management and booking company.