This week's Nowhere Street includes thoughts on the superb debut album from Craig Taborn's trio with Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith, as well as shows by Diatribes & Clara Levy, and the trio of Otomo Yoshihide/Tom Malmendier/Emilie Škrijelj. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street previews Berlin concerts by Seamus Cater & Fredrik Rasten, and Amalie Dahl's trio with Henrik Sandstad Dalen and Jomar Jeppsson Søvik. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

If it clarifies what was lost this week: Philip Kennicott and Monica Hesse remain as arts critics at The Washington Post Eliminated: art critic arts editor arts/film editor classical critic pop critic television critic theater critic all editors/reporters in Book World including two book critics

ffirst contemporary music column of 2026 over Bandcamp Daily. Music from Jack Sheen, JACK Quartet & Morton Feldman & GBSR duo, Emily Manzo, Devin Maxwell, Cergio Prudencio, Peter Beyls, Quatuor Mémoire, Ensemble neoN & Benedicte Maurseth, and Tyshawn Sorey. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Finally cancelled my @washingtonpost.com subscription.

Thanks much to Bill Meyer and the @chicagoreader.com for this typically thoughtful preview of the 10th edition of Frequency Festival, which runs from February 24-March to in Chicago! chicagoreader.com/music/music-...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street check out recent music from the Dan Weiss Quartet and sprawling homemade charm of Sholto Dobie. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

A packed edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter with thoughts on Tortoise, Bill Frisell, Philipp Gropper, Achim Kaufmann/Yorgos Dimitriadis/Michael Thieke, and Nicolas Collins & Birgit Ulher. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's Nowhere Street looks at some ancient instruments that will sound at this year's CTM Festival from Ellen Arkbro and Lukas De Clerck. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

The time is ripe for the Boots Randolph revival.

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter observes Berlin getting back into action, with previews of performances by Ricardo Dias Gomes, Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang, and Johannes Fink's Fink Floyd. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Inside The Wire 503/504: Anna Högberg An exciting future for her group Attack was shelved when caring responsibilities and psychological burnout took hold. Now the Swedish saxophonist is setting out for new horizons with her epic composition Ensamseglaren www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504

Today's special edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is part two of my rundown of my 40 favorite albums from 2025. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Today's special edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is part one of my rundown of my 40 favorite albums from 2025. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

The first Nowhere Street newsletter in 2026 looks at Roland Keijser & Christer Bothén, with a preview of Stop Over featuring Brandon Lopez & Fred Moten, Yuhan Su, Kaja Draksler & Irena Z. Tomazin, and Lorenzo Soules with Apparat. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

The final missive from Nowhere Street in 2025 lends an ear to Sophie Agnel, Saviet/Houston Duo, Schnell (w/ Pierre Borel, Christian Lillinger, and Antonio Borghini), and the Christian Marien Quartett). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Tonight at 7 PM EST (and 1 AM in Berlin!) I’m part of a roundtable hosted by Nate Chinen with Ayana Contreras and Martin Johnson. It’s the annual Year in Jazz discussion that Nate has long organized. It’s free but you need to register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...?

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter considers performances by Kresten Osgood, Evan Parker & Peter van Bergen, Marina Džukljev/Michael Griener/Christian Weber, Asterales, and Yorgos Dimitriadis & Michael Thieke. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks at two albums on the great Ni Vu Ni Connu label from Kai Fagaschinski and Albee Liz, as well as the second album by Merry Peers (the duo of Brad Henkel and Yoshiko Klein). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Searching for the best new contemporary classical music on Bandcamp? You've come to the right place.

The latest contemporary music column is up at Bandcamp Daily w/ music by Anaïs Maviel & The Rhythm Method, Ian Power, Zihua Tan & NO HAY BANDA, Santiago Díez Fischer, Luis Fernando Amaya, Marie Schreer, Ruby Colley, Laura Cetilia, Léo Dupleix, and Jonas Olsson. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

This week's edition of Nowhere Street includes thoughts on Natural Information Society, [Ahmed], and Bruine (Michael Thieke, Tom Malmendier, and Emilie Škrijelj). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks at recent music from Das B., Michiko Ogawa, Webber/Morris Big Band, and Craig Taborn/ Tomeka Reid/ Ches Smith. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

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...