Peter Culshaw
Thinkpieces And Shit
Manu Chao Is Music's Last True Radical
Peter Culshaw has trailed the enduring troubadour from a Saharan refugee camp to a mental asylum in Argentina and still doesn't quite know how to nail him down.
Peter Culshaw
1.27.15
Longreads Or Whatever
Vodka, Groupies, and Private Jets: Partying with Classical Musicians Is Cooler than Hanging out with Rock Stars
I would prefer to spend the night with the likes of Currentzis and Gergiev than Mumford and Sons or Clean Bandit.
Peter Culshaw
10.6.14
Longreads Or Whatever
Don't Call Fela Kuti "World Music"
More radical than the Sex Pistols and tougher than Bob Marley.
Peter Culshaw
9.11.14
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North Africa's World Music Festivals are Twice the Size of Coachella
We traveled to Morocco to visit the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music—an event that attracts over 400,000 people—and learn about Berber culture.
Peter Culshaw
7.25.14
Longreads Or Whatever
“I am a singer. But if the Russians come I will take up arms, everyone will.”
We travel to Kiev to meet the Ukrainian musicians turned revolutionaries who risked their lives to play in Independence Square.
Peter Culshaw
6.23.14
The Gangs Issue
Surf Gangs
To find the Amazon surf gangs and their incredible music you have to go to Belem, in the state of Para, several days up the river from Manaus. One surprising thing about these cities is they used to be among the richest in the world.
Peter Culshaw
10.1.06