Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson

French DJ and radio presenter

Widely admired British DJ and label head, whose eclectic influences draw from Latin, jazz, funk, Caribbean, and African styles.

Born	September 28, 1964
Hometown	Caen, France

Profile

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The online platform will pause new broadcasts from October 28

We Out Here festival review – celebratory weekend of raucous dance and cosmic jazz
‘It was a Lazarus story’: how BBC 6 Music rose from the dead to become the home of new music
We Out Here, review: the enchanting little jazz festival that lured Thundercat across the Atlantic
Between the Bridges: ‘London’s biggest beer garden’ comes to South Bank promising DJ sets, drag brunches and gunpowder games