This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews performances by Mulatu Astatke, Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Prague Quiet Music Collective, and Eric Wubbels with Wet Ink Ensemble. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This month's edition of the contemporary music column at Bandcamp Daily includes sounds from Carrie Frey, David First, Mark Fell, Theo Alexander, Rhodri Davies & Éliane Radigue, Scott Wollschleger, Nick Jozwiak, Travis Laplante, Cheryl Duvall, and early 80s Mexico. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter is late, but it's packed with thoughts on Lucy Railton, Silke Eberhard, Archer, Jean-Luc Guionnet, and Wadada Leo Smith. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

It's Jazzfest Berlin week, but there's always more happening in Berlin. This week's Nowhere Street previews concerts by The Necks, Mattias Hållsten, Jung-Jae Kim/Stephen Flinn/ Sylvain Monchoce, and Hildur Gudnadóttir. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into the intense beauty of Anna Högberg's Attack, along with thoughts on new work by Camila Nebbia, Ches Smith, and a trio with Philipp Eden/Frantz Loriot/Marina Tantanozi. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

D’Angelo “only” made three albums but they all changed the way I have heard music. Each one forced recalibration, simultaneously rooted in tradition and radically altering it. A terrible loss.

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into sounds from Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Trouble In The East Records, Peepholes, Brad Henkel Quartet, Jorge Espinal, Tashi Dorji, and Ralf Hoyer. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/grainy-wit...

📣 New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! With the amazing claire rousay on the cover! I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.

New column at Bandcamp Daily: Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi, Adrianne Munden-Dixon, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson & Ensemble Adapter, Dries Tack, Putu Septa, Jürg Frey & Reinier van Houdt, Dory Hayley, Håkon Thelin, Liza Lim & JACK Quartet, So Percussion. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Looking for September's Best Classical Music? Look no further. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is all about duos (and one trio), featuring Kaja Draksler & Eve Risser, Alister Spence & Tony Buck, Anil Eraslan & Michael Thieke, and Frelonia (Fred Frith, Lotte Anker, and Núria Andorrà). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn

This week's overstuffed Nowhere Edittions has lots of guitars—James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop, Alan Licht. Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Thalia Zedek, along with saxophonist Mia Dyberg Trio. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter includes thoughts on the new Sound & Gravity Festival, Marina Mello Andrade, Maria IJ Reich, Pierre Borel, and Thomas Ankersmit. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This month's edition of the contemporary music column Bandcamp Daily is out with music by Leo Chadburn, Zachary Good, Sarah Nemtsov, Katie Porter, Judith Wegmann, Julia Eckhardt, Marc Sabat, Caiman Gilmore, Giuseppe Ielasi & Jack Sheen, and Mattie Barbier. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks into sounds from Frederic Blondy & Gamut Inc, Sandro Sáez, Xhosa Cole, Anzû Quartet. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Water Damage , the music of Lisa Streich and the duo of Michael Thieke & Beat Keller. Plus news on the return of the Serious Series. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter discusses the brief reappearance of Au Topsi Pohl, new music from Ryan Packard, Linda May Han Oh, and show previews of Shelley Hirsch & Joke Lanz and The Pitch & Jules Reidy. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/the-pedal-...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street eases back into action with thoughts on Jon Irabagon, Russ Johnson, and Margaux Oswald. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Sometimes good things last: Chicago Underground Duo pushes into new realms while holding its roots closely. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Looking back on the month in classical music.

The new contemporary music column at @bandcamp.com Daily is up w/ sounds from Laetitia Sonami, Hannah Kendall, Darragh Morgan, Kory Reeder, 70s San Diego, Vanessa Tomlinson, Teo Dora An Drea, Doris Dennison, Jürg Frey & Manuel Zurria, and Shannon Wettstein. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Shorter than usual edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter, as heavy travel beckons—thoughts on Hamid Al-Saadi and Editrix. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

For those with exceptional taste, the brilliant reedist Tobias Delius will play live on the radio with two terrific trios at 2 PM EST: www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street digs into the daring Scottish traditionalism of Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten and Quinie, as well as checking into recent music from Jasmine Guffond, Violeta Garcia, and Lucio Capece. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's installment of Nowhere Street looks at Will Guthrie's Ensemble Nist-Nah, Vasco Trilla, and classic Guinean sounds from the Authenticité era. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter reports from Monheim Triennale and previews shows from Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force and Silke Eberhard's Potsa Lotsa XL. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This month's installment of the contemporary column over at Bandcamp Daily includes sounds from Chiyoko Szlavnics, Xenia Pestova Bennett, Musarc & Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Zeynep Toraman, Kelley Sheehan, dedalus, Lila Meretzky, and more. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street celebrates Tobias Delius , listens to Branford Marsalis tackle Keith Jarrett's European quartet, and waves goodbye, for now, to Lisa Ullén. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's Nowhere Street takes notice of the passing of two percussion giants, Sven-Åke Johansson and Louis Moholo-Moholo, and considers new music from Jung-Jae Kim. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street Newsletter ignores the American shit show in favor of music from Horsegirl, Miman, and Simon Lucaciu Trio. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

The new installment of the monthly contemporary music column over at Bandcamp Daily is up, with sounds from Fredrik Rasten, Ghost Ensemble, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Sarah Hennies & Tristan Kasten-Krause, Austin Wulliman and more! daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's installment of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks at some recent action from Aspen Edities and a stunning archival release from the great Irène Schweizer. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

The latest installment of the Nowhere Street newsletter with music from Stereolab, Matmos, Uli Kempendorff's Field, and Tom Rainey with Ingrid Laubrock & Brandon Lopez and Stefano Schultze & Peter Ehwald. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is piano-heavy, with thoughts on a new benefit compilation for children in Gaza, Rieko Okuda & Mia Dyberg, Jane in Ether, and Felix Henkelhausen Quintet. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter considers new music from Rashad Becker, The Ex, and Burkhard Beins & Angharad Davies. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This month's edition of the contemporary music column at Bandcamp Daily includes sophisticated tones & notions from Anzû Quartet, NO HAY BANDA, Raven Chacon & Present Music, Jürg Frey & EXAUDI, Martin Iddon, Laura Steenberge, Kory Reeder, Joris Rühl, and G. Eckert daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Very nice compliment from the generous @nightafternight.bsky.social.

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter includes thoughts on Nels Cline, Liam Grant, Judith Hamann, and Adam O'Farrill. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

It was inevitable but still awful—no one that doesn’t subscribe to a plastic existence that feeds on cruelty will be spared. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter reflects on the work of Nicolas Collins, Jeb Bishop, Eliana Glass, and Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's packed Nowhere Street newsletter includes thought and news on Marthe Lea Band, Sol Sol, Kate Clark & Mitch Renaud, FMP-Publishing, Internet Archive, Enemy, and Laurent D'incise Peter. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

“This is a peaceful town hall,” she says as two protesters are tased. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter discusses new music from Nina Garcia, FLUT, and a quartet with Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Mat Maneri, and Billy Mintz. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter remembers Michael Hurley, with additional thoughts on Philip Donkin and Melissa Aldana. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

March's edition of The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp has arrived.

The new contemporary column over at Bandcamp Daily is up, with sounds from Sarah Hennies, Owls, Sebastien Roux, Carla Kihlstedt, Francisco del Pina & Charlotte Mundy, Ensemble L'imaginaire, Ferdinand Schwarz, Gerauschhersteller, Pierre Boulez, and Luke Martin. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...