Peter Shapiro (journalist)
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Peter Shapiro is a freelance music journalist who has written for Spin, URB, Music Week, Uncut, Vibe, The Wire and The Times.[1]
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For other people with the same name, see Peter Shapiro (disambiguation).
Shapiro has written a number of Rough Guide reference works focused on music genres. These include The Rough Guide to Drum N' Bass in 1999 and The Rough Guide to Soul and R 'n' B, which was published in 2006. His 2005 book, The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, has been cited as an "important" reference source on the subject, with entries that are "comprehensive and commendable".[2][3][4][5] In 2005 Shapiro published Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco to positive critical reception, which included a review in The Observer which highlighted how the book rehabilitates the "dinosaur" that is Disco.[6]