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...
09.03.2026 15:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
09.03.2026 15:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
07.03.2026 12:27 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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...
16.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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...
09.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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...
05.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1journalists 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
04.02.2026 17:20 — 👍 3305 🔁 612 💬 53 📌 43Finally cancelled my @washingtonpost.com subscription.
04.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fest website with ticket links: www.frequencyfestival-chicago.com/program-2026
04.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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-...
04.02.2026 15:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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...
02.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
26.01.2026 15:26 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...
19.01.2026 15:19 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Which is not to make light of this fuckery.
14.01.2026 16:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The time is ripe for the Boots Randolph revival.
14.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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...
12.01.2026 15:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
09.01.2026 16:46 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
08.01.2026 15:36 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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...
05.01.2026 15:29 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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...
15.12.2025 15:10 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...?
09.12.2025 14:22 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0I’ve already corrected my erroneous labeling of Serbian pianist Marina Džukljev as Slovenian to you adroit fact-checkers! Apologies to Marina.
08.12.2025 14:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
08.12.2025 14:51 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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...
01.12.2025 15:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Searching for the best new contemporary classical music on Bandcamp? You've come to the right place.
25.11.2025 17:50 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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...
25.11.2025 16:19 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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...
24.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
17.11.2025 15:25 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...
10.11.2025 15:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0