Phil Freeman is the former editor of Global Rhythm and Metal Edge magazines, and a freelance contributor to Alternative Press, The Wire, Jazziz, the Village Voice, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. He is the author of New York Is Now!: The New Wave of Free Jazz, Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis, and the novel Hard Lessons; and the editor of Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs. He is a co-founder and editor of the music, arts and culture magazine Burning Ambulance and BurningAmbulance.com.