Peter Margasak has been a staff music writer at the Chicago Reader, where he covers everything from jazz to world music to country, since 1995. He’s also a regular contributor to DownBeat Magazine, where often writes about European jazz and improvised music, as well as NPR’s All Things Considered. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Wire, Spin, and Songlines.
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Thanks to landmark recordings on ECM Records by the likes of Jan Garbarek… more »
Under the leadership of the charismatic and visionary Chico Science … more »
This Paulista cleaves pretty close to bossa nova and samba traditions, bu… more »
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