Peter Culshaw
Bio
Peter is a music and arts broadcaster and has written for the Observer, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Songlines, among others in the UK and internationally. He has written a recently published book Clandestino: In Search Of Manu Chao published by Serpent's Tail and has produced and compiled numerous CDs. He was a founding Director of theartsdesk, and is co-editor of the New Music section.
Articles By Peter Culshaw
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New Music Lockdown Livestream Special 1: Miley Cyrus, Metall...
Given the times, theartsdesk’s New Music section is starting weekly round-ups of new streaming fare tob liven the spirits and entertainingly pass...
Trolls World Tour review - a visual spectacle full of toe-ta...
The world might have changed drastically in the wake of Covid-19, but thankfully those hyperactive, candy-coloured Trolls haven’t. Anna...
Berlin Philharmoniker, Karajan, Digital Concert Hall review...
When I saw that the Berlin Philharmonic...
Alma's Not Normal, BBC Two review - bare-knuckle comedy...
Creating the opening episode of a new comedy series is like...
The Beast review - bad cop blues
“They say we all have a beast locked up inside of us,” a character observes early in this...
Gators, Tramp Productions online review - the glittering dar...
She’s an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn’t know what to think. After all, things are way out of control. She knows that the natural...
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas, Netflix review...
ZZ Top always seemed like a Texan version of Status Quo. It turns out, from watching this entertaining but hardly revelatory documentary, that...
Album: Nels Andrews - Pigeon and The Crow
This is the perfect album for these dark and dislocating times, a delicious slice of...
Remembering John Prine, one of the great American singer-son...
John Prine, who has died at the age of 73 from a Covid 19-...
Wonderland, Hampstead Theatre online review - a major play a...
The talk is of an “economy in ruin [with] unemployment through the roof”: a précis of Britain in lockdown? In fact, this is one of the many eerily...