Peter Culshaw is a journalist, author and composer whose work sits at the intersection of music, culture and storytelling. With a career spanning decades, he’s built a reputation for uncovering and amplifying sounds and scenes that exist outside the mainstream — connecting global traditions with contemporary composition in a way that feels both exploratory and deeply human.

Alongside his writing — including books on global music and culture — Culshaw’s recent output has turned increasingly toward composition, where those same instincts for narrative and atmosphere come to the fore. His work often draws on field recordings, cross-cultural instrumentation and documentary contexts, creating pieces that feel as much like journeys as they do soundtracks.

His album Surrender To Love, created as the soundtrack to the documentary SAMA: To Listen, is a clear expression of that approach — immersive, transportive and rooted in a lifelong engagement with music as a way of understanding the world. It’s a body of work that moves fluidly between the personal and the global, guided by curiosity, collaboration and a refusal to stay within one lane.

Culshaw’s work continues to blur the lines between journalism, composition and cultural exploration — always driven by a sense that music can take you somewhere new, if you’re willing to listen.