This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews shows by The Dwarfs of East Agouza, Johnson/Kohl/Stewart, Royber Trio, Flocks, Estelle Schorpp, DDK Trio + Sachiko M, and Devin Gray Music & a remembrance of Donald James Meckley. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week’s edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Berlin performances from Maggie Nicols and NEPA Quartet (Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Bryan Eubanks & Gert-Jan Prins), and shares thoughts on Bengt Berger and Jeff Parker. It’s free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Berlin performances from Shane Parish, Aleksandra Słyż & Teoniki Rożynek, and Anqi Liu. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Berlin shows by Joel Ross, Jeong Lim Yang, LDL (Urs Leimgruber, Jacques Demierre, and Thomas Lehn) with guest Tony Buck), and Eugene Chadbourne. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's Nowhere Street checks out the new trio of Josh Berman and comments on Matt Merewitz's recent thoughts on US jazz chauvinism. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Vital new work from Jessie Marino and Wrong Norma! harlowetc.bandcamp.com/album/murder...

This week's packed Nowhere Street newsletter gets into Bill Orcutt/ Ethan Miller / Steve Shelley, Judith Berkson, Kaja Draksler, Karen Ng, and Oker. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

can someone tell Spotify's head of audiobooks (no background in books, has worked in product there for 15 years) that a book being carried around in a bag is not actually being read? reading starts once you sit down, open the book & direct your attention to the page w/o distractions. hope this helps

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter checks in on Margareth Kammerer, Christian Wallumrød & Jan Martin Gismervik, and Maria Bertel. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Nowhere Street newsletter digs into new Norwegian sounds from Håvard Wiik & Cimota and Karoline Wallace, post-ICP goodness via These Things Happen, bass-electronics collisions from Antti Virtaranta, and a fresh Berlin visit from John Butcher. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter discusses new work by Melissa Aldana, Egil Kalman, and Hz of Gold, a trio with Devin Gray, Andrea Parkins, and Frank Gratkowski. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Inside The Wire 506: Mariá Portugal Since moving to Germany, the Brazilian percussionist has become a valued player on the free improv scene, while her art-pop songs pay homage to the creativity of her homeland's Vanguarda Paulista movement. Pick up your copy here: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

This week's Nowhere Street digs into sounds from Zosha Warpeha, Jana Horn, and Joan Shelley. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This month's edition of the contemporary music column at Bandcamp Daily includes music from Rytis Mažulis, Ryan Scott, Anzû Quartet, Riot Ensemble, Mariel Roberts, Andrew Greenwald, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Arnold Dreyblatt, Miroslav Beinhauer, and Jack Dettling. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

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...