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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Doug Crane @jazzbc89.bsky.social Host of The Night Beat Jazz Beyond Category on 89.3FM KUVO Denver Wednesdays 8-10pm Mountain Time since 1993.
Listen anytime day or night to the prior two weeks of my KUVO radio show: https://www.kuvo.org/shows/268535
Pics from John Musiker’s “I’m Hip"
Arco & Flecha @arcoyflecha.bsky.social 
Nicole D’Amato @nicolemonade.bsky.social intensity in ten cities
SOUNDS OF ATTICUS @sounds-of-atticus.bsky.social music. made from love and positive energy. without boundaries. a work in progress. www.SoundsOfAtticus.com
Out Of Your Head Records @ooyhrecords.bsky.social An artist-run Richmond-based record label dedicated to creative music and original visual art in limited runs.
William Ruben Helms @williamrubenhelms.bsky.social New York-based music journalist, and photographer. Founder of Joy of Violent Movement (https://www.joyofviolentmovement.com).
Music, politics, Yankees, Rangers.
Lucas Pino @lucaspino.bsky.social 
Angélika @kulturedchild.bsky.social writer + music nerd. host on WBGO (producer) and SiriusXM.
dj, moderator, knicks fanatic, south bronx native, jazz kid. ✍🏾: TIDAL, WBGO, NPR, NYT (guest), downbeat, JALC, etc. liners on a few GRAMMY-winning albums + more.
Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social I make radio & podcasts about music, society, sex + culture, ex
@bbcradio3. Scottish, parent, crap pianist, hopeful accordionist.
Producing some of Screenshot on BBC Radio 4, Menopause Unmuted, + Everything Jazz
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Gail Boyd @gailboyd.bsky.social Manager of Jazz Artists. Entertainment Lawyer. Jazz Lover. Creator of Alternative Venues for Jazz.
Represents John Clayton, Don Braden, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orch. Mark Ruffin, Angie Wells, Karrin Allyson and dancer/choreographer Jade
Solomon Curtis
Mark Rini @markrini.bsky.social Co-Owner www.groovmarketing.com 
Rob Tannenbaum @robt.bsky.social Writer, but who isn’t? Currently producing a four-CD box set of CBGB bands 1974-1984, and working on a documentary about a band you’ve never heard of.
Steve Smith @nightafternight.bsky.social Proud papa. @bambrooklyn.bsky.social senior copywriter. Former arts journalist & culture editor. New music on NYC stages and on record: https://nightafternight.substack.com [he/him/his]
Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com Composer-Ringleader • darcyjamesargue.com • With Every Breath I Take out now on Nonesuch Records
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
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Anthony Dean-Harris @anthonydeanharris.com Writer; artist; radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's Jazz Radio @kmhd.org; archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT Gallery; he/him; hopefully witty, certainly verbose
Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social Author, Journalist, Critic, Filmmaker.
Books: “Jazz from Detroit”; “Destiny: 100 Years of Music, Magic, and Community at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.”
Film: “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit.”
Former Detroit Free Press arts reporter/critic, 1995-2016
vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // Fifteen (2026), Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Sanctuary (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors…
we talk "arts" over here and world building...
Kira Grunenberg @shadowmelody1.bsky.social Music Journalist🎵📰
Words: DownBeat, No Depression, NPR Music, Bluegrass Situation, etc. | Asst. Editor Aromatica Poetica | Writer for Hire📝 | Hot Sauce 🌶️ | Hockey🏒| Puns
ThrowtheDiceAndPlayNice.com
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Wayne & Wax @wayneandwax.bsky.social musicologist at Berklee, farmer at Belmont Acres, amateur bassist, principiante jaranero, erstwhile DJ, reggaetonera hasta la tumba
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
Judd Greenstein @juddgreenstein.bsky.social I make music and help others make the music they want to make. Composer, co-AD of New Amsterdam Records. Western MA based. He/him. Pic drawn by my now-11yo. None of us are free until all of us are free.
Ted Reichman @tedreichman.bsky.social music and art maker, sporadic writer, teacher.
Hank Shteamer @darkforcesswing.bsky.social writer, usually about music.
contact: hshteamer.writes@gmail.com
hankshteamer.com
Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social okra eater.
Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social A website, a newsletter, a record label. All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner. BUY PHYSICAL MUSIC.
Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Out now in affordable paperback!
Todd Sickafoose @toddsickafoose.bandcamp.com 
Nonesuch Records @nonesuch.com An oasis of artistic excitement (Boston Globe), featuring contemporary classical, jazz, Americana, popular, world, and music theatre.
Sam Bardfeld @sambardfeld.bsky.social Violinist w Bruce Springsteen, The Jazz Passengers, etc. Author “Latin Violin.” Sambardfeld.com. https://sambardfeld.bandcamp.com/
Martin Johnson @martinvjohnson.bsky.social Writer, mostly jazz criticism, but I've also written on cinema and NBA. Cheesemonger too.
Philip Booth Media @philipboothmedia.bsky.social Writer/Ed. Music, film, books. String bass, bass guitar, horn. Husband, dad. Bylines: Jazziz, Relix, JazzTimes, Wash Post. Past: Billboard, Variety, DownBeat, St. Pete Times. Jazz Journ. Assoc. Florida Film Critics Circle. Hemingway Society. Culturepop.net
Jill Sternheimer @jillsternheimer.bsky.social Concert maker, bread breaker, nap taker.
Cavapoo wrangler, star Spangler.
Eye roller, doomscroller
Will Hermes @willhermes.bsky.social Writer, music usually. https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/ Contributing Editor @rollingstone.com @nytimes.com @pitchfork.com @npr.org Books: Love Goes To Buildings On Fire 🔥 Lou Reed: The King of New York 👑 https://linktr.ee/willhermes
Melvin Gibbs @melvingibbs.bsky.social Human Creator: Composer/Musician/Writer
“How Black Music Took Over The World”
Out Now! on Basic Books
Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social pianist, composer, writer
Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social Trombone player, Kronos Quartet arranger, Flatbush house person
Michelle Mercer @michellemercer.bsky.social 
Bill Murphy @roninscribe.bsky.social Record label manager, freelance writer, guitar slinger, occasional gadfly — mostly in that order.
Gene Seymour @geneseymour.bsky.social Writer, Jazz geek, Professional Spectator 
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Jez Nelson @jeznelson.bsky.social One Jazz Co-Founder, Jazz FM presenter. Always Somethin’ Else.
S. Victor Aaron @svictoraaron.bsky.social A drive-by observer of the jazz scene & popcorn factory laborer.
Writer/co-founder, Something Else! Reviews
Visit us at https://somethingelsereviews.com
Alex LoRe @alexlore.bsky.social Saxophonist • Composer • Educator
You like food, too? 🍞
www.alexlore.com
Jaleel Shaw @jaleelshaw.bsky.social Saxophonist, Composer
https://linktr.ee/jaleelshaw
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Seton Hawkins @setonhawkins.bsky.social Director of Public Programs at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Host of South African Jazz on SiriusXM Real Jazz. Adjunct faculty at Juilliard. Curator of AfricArise record series.
southafricanjazz.org
africarise.bandcamp.com/music
Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social Composer, Music Supervisor, Sound Designer, Mixer (The Abyss ,The Wire, Treme, Neptune Frost) Bass/Guitar/Cello/Gravikord. Bastard son of William Blake & The Velvet Underground, literally.
https://blakeleyh.com
Harlem ~ New Orleans ~ London
“Randall📀Roberts” @liledit.bsky.social Writer/Editor/DJ. In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi, EIC of Mizzou. Past: LA Times critic/editor; LA Weekly; retail vinyl buyer; delivery boy. I develop & implement integrated marketing techniques to actualize long-term strategic goals. https://linktr.ee/LilEdit
Aaron Cohen @aaroncohenchicago.bsky.social Author of "Amazing Grace" (33 1/3; Bloomsbury), "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power" (University of Chicago Press) and co-author of Ramsey Lewis' memoir, "Gentleman Of Jazz: A Life In Music" (Blackstone)
Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social Writing and talking about music. Forever listening.
WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.' 
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