Bio

Allen Thayer is a music journalist and radio host (KMHD) who lives in Portland, OR. Allen is a senior writer and associate editor for Wax Poetics his writing has been published in The Fader, The Utne Reader as well as liner-notes for releases on Light In the Attic, BBE, and Luaka Bop record labels. His first book, Tim Maia Racional, Vols. 1 & 2, was recently published by Bloomsbury as part of the 33 ⅓ Global Series.