extra lovea-what bro: youtu.be/Q7mWtZTjCzo?...

Ten years gone. And I still think back to this small moment in rehearsal before Prince's legendary RnR HoF performance: www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/a...

Alice Coltrane. Music beyond music. Our Cosmic Music Special Edition tee with @andybeta.bsky.social is now available.

"She wanted to disappear in silence." Heartbroken to hear of Irena's recent unreported passing, but heartened to know she has now joined Vojtěch in the next life: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

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NGL, really cool to hear Cosmic Music discussed on NPR: www.npr.org/2026/04/13/n...

Forgetting to remember a review from the first week of the pandemic and going into the cinematic rainforest of Priscilla Ermel's music: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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I wrote I wanted a "more skeptical eye" RE: Alice Coltrane's visions in "Cosmic Music." But then I listened to @andybeta.bsky.social with @marcissist.bsky.social on the Music Book Podcast and it gave a lot more depth to his decisions. Recommended. themusicbookpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2120946/epis...

Chatted music, spirituality, and writing about a saint with @tylerwilcox.bsky.social for @aquariumdrunkard.com: aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/04/07/c...

Alice Coltrane. A true visionary. Cosmic Music Special Edition 👕 . Small batch. Coming soon with @andybeta.bsky.social

Hometown paper: www.sacurrent.com/music/san-an...

Tonight! With Brandee Younger, the legendary Tulsi, and @jennpelly.bsky.social as.nyu.edu/departments/...

UK release day for Cosmic Music:

A chat with @grantsharpies.bsky.social for @pastemagazine.bsky.social "Her spirituality is the centerpiece. There was a certain point in writing the book, probably about two-thirds of the way in, and I sort of hit a spot where I’m like, 'This is no longer a music biography.' It kind of falls away."

For the latest edition of my Audio Books column at @pastemagazine.bsky.social / @avclub.com, I had a nice conversation with @andybeta.bsky.social about his new Alice Coltrane biography

Next Tuesday at NYU's Colloquium of Unpopular Culture: as.nyu.edu/departments/...

Eternity today over at @thequietus.com: thequietus.com/culture/book...

Won't play outside of the UK 🤷‍♂️ but a dream to speak with @zakiasewell.bsky.social about Alice: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

"I found a much deeper connection with Cuban filin. You can hear somebody singing with these kind of Nat King Cole harmonies, but it’s in Spanish." www.everythingjazz.com/story/meliss...

The agony of listening to my voice in conversation with fellow underground music veteran Marc Masters: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

"We know this guy is incompetent. I wouldn’t feel safe leaving Pete Hegseth in charge of putting together a DoorDash order." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Funky like a bag of Bravos: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Chuffed to be part of this episode. Thanks to Zakia for the invite: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tonight!

My pal @andybeta.bsky.social’s Alice Coltrane book is out today and available wherever books are sold! Happy Holi!

Two days ago 200+ Anti-ICE billboards I designed went up across the country in the following cities. tag me if you see them. Phoenix Bakersfield Fresno LA Orange County, San Bernardino Miami Chicago Boston Detroit Charlotte Raleigh PDX Memphis Nashville Dallas Fort Worth Laredo San Antonio

Chatted Cosmic Music with a fellow veteran of the US noise underground, Marc Masters. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

From dream to a reality: open.substack.com/pub/andybeta...

Okay, NYC food god Robert Sietsema eating "goat eye in brown sauce" with Dr. John out in Flushing is instant legend: open.substack.com/pub/robertsi...

Tomorrow!

Lovely write-up at a spot I go to for my Balearic music needs: banbantonton.com/2026/02/19/a...

It was a very special episode

Deep honor to write liner notes for this crazy Sakamoto album, a free-improv beast cut when he was still in college. Also dope to work on an album project with the legend, Heba Kadry.

2 1/2 years of research...

"Hearing Trilogie de la Mort on magnetic tape reveals its seams, quirks, splices, and lo-fi roots, a plasma field that on closer examination is as fragile and handmade as an ancient tapestry." andybeta.substack.com/p/eliane-rad...

R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it.

"Don Cherry moved across all manner of musical cultures and heritages, peregrinating around the globe, always seeking common ground between the musicians he encountered and their disparate histories." theshfl.com/collection/D...

I missed the Loft's 56th birthday on Sunday night so resorted to some dancing in my head: andybeta.substack.com/p/the-loft-a...

Naná Vasconcelos mural, Recife 🇧🇷 2.17.24 📸 Jeff Caltabiano

"An anomaly in Coltrane’s Impulse catalog, Ballads was the Impulse album that took him the longest to realize, taking nearly a year to finally complete it. [And] it would mark the last time Coltrane would explicitly play in this classical jazz style. " www.everythingjazz.com/story/john-c...

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Latest Substack post about some deep listening out in Ridgewood this past weekend feeling "that sweet, fleeting state of pure unknowing": andybeta.substack.com/p/planetariu...

We’ve been eagerly racing through the proof pages of Andy Beta’s Cosmic Music: The Life, Art & Transcendence of Alice Coltrane If you’ve wandered into our shop on a Sunday morning, there’s a good chance you’ve heard either Journey in Satchidananda or World Spiritual Classics: Volume I on the stereo

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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota Via DonHarris4/X