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Peter Margasak

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Articles: 61

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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Simone Dinnerstein & Tif…

Self-taught Americana singer-songwriter Tift Merritt and Julliard-trained… more »

Tomasz Stanko New York Quarte…

The veteran Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has long been a reliable and r… more »

Charles Lloyd & Jason Mo…

The reedist Charles Lloyd, who turns 75 on March 15, is almost twice the … more »

Food, Mercurial Balm

British soprano saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian percussionist Thom… more »

António Zambujo, Quinto…

Although men have long sung the emotionally charged Portuguese music know… more »

Bobo Stenson Trio, Indicum…

For more than four decades now Bobo Stenson has been the face of Swedish … more »

Charlie Hunter and Scott Amen…

Bay Area seven-string guitarist Charlie Hunter reconnects with one of his… more »

Leah Paul, Bike Lane

Since moving to New York, the Michigan-born flutist Leah Paul has applied… more »

Linda Oh, Initial Here…

On her terrific second album, bassist and composer Linda Oh digs deep wit… more »

Tomas Fujiwara & the Hoo…

Over the last decade or so, drummer Tomas Fujiwara has routinely grounded… more »

Billy Hart, All Our Reasons…

The heavy-duty foursome responsible for the ruminative atmosphere and rig… more »

Label Profile: Clean Feed Rec…

File under: Free jazz, post-bop, improvisation Flagship acts: Ken Vanderm… more »

Bill McHenry, Ghosts of the S…

The stunning performances captured on Ghosts of the Sun were recorded fiv… more »

Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pa…

While Mary Halvorson is one of the jazz world’s most exciting and a… more »

António Zambujo,…

Although men have long sung the emotionally charged Portuguese music know… more »

Six Degrees of Beirut’s…

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »

Luiz Melodia, Estaç…

Luiz Melodia never attained widespread fame in Brazil, but the Rio native… more »

Arnaldo Antunes, Qualquer…

Although he's a veteran of Brazilian music, making records as a membe… more »

Mart’nália, Mart…

Rio de Janeiro's Mart'nália has emerged as one of the strong… more »

Instruments of Science and Te…

On the surface this new instrumental project by orchestral pop auteur Ric… more »

Hâkon Kornstad, Single …

One of Norway's most flexible and diverse young saxophonists, Hakon K… more »

In The Country, Losing Stones…

Scandinavia has recently attracted attention with some unusual piano trio… more »

Farmers Market, Musikk Fra Hy…

This beguiling quintet channels severe stylistic and geographical disloca… more »

Amsterdam Funk, Free Fall…

This trans-Atlantic trio, with Chicago reedist Ken Vandermark, Norway… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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