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| Editor | Paul Bradshaw, Neil Spencer, Kathryn Willgress |
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| Designer | Ian Swift |
| Staff writers | Paul Bradshaw, Kathryn Willgress, Amar Patel, Sue Steward, Jez Nelson, Max Reinhardt, Annie Peel, Damien Rafferty, Joanna Funk-Reid, Vivien Goldman, Pauline Melville, Gilles Peterson, Teju Adeleye, Jody Gillett, Menelik Mimano, Tina Edwards, James Lavelle, Livingstone Marquis, Ross Allen |
| Photographer | Peter Williams, Ian Wright, Andy Martin, Suki Dhanda, Frederik Voisin, Liz Johnson-Arthur, Alice Arnold, Pav Modelski, Steven Cropper, Antonio Mattesini, Goswin Schwendinger |
| Categories | Cultural magazine |
| Frequency | 1988–1991: quarterly 1992–2007: pentannual 2017–present: annually |
| Circulation | Volumes 1 & 2: 10–20,000 Later volume: unknown (limited edition) |
| Publisher | Paul Bradshaw |
| Founder | Paul Bradshaw, Neil Spencer, Kathryn Willgress |
| Founded | June 1988 |
| First issue | Volume 1: 1988 Volume 2: 1998 Later volume: 2017 |
| Final issue | Volume 1: 1998 Volume 2: 2007 Later volume: 2018 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Website | http://chimurengalibrary.co.za/straight-no-chaser |
Straight No Chaser is a British music magazine based in London. Originally published between 1988 and 2007, it restarted publishing in mid-2017 in a limited edition format, released once a year. The magazine covers various forms of black music and electronic music.
The magazine was founded by journalists Paul Bradshaw, Neil Spencer, and Kathryn Willgress to cover music of black origin including hip hop, dance, reggae, Latin and African styles that were largely ignored by mainstream media. It emerged in June 1988 coinciding with the Second Summer of Love.[1]