Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/https://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mrnppv4cwc27Pt 2 with Steve Tibbetts, on solitary meditation retreats and the crazy lists that result, fighting ICE in his hometown, and what a badass Chöying Drolma really is: https://andybeta.substack.com/p/steve-tibbetts-pt-227 Jul 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnppv4cwc27https://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mrni7juzk22bKiller company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqxcFICxOj427 Jul 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrni7juzk22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mrfoaxzasc2t"It seems that people –especially guitarists– are anxious to adopt a line of spirituality without thinking it through. It’s always the guitarists." First part of a chat about music, faith, and being in the world with one of my heroes, Steve Tibbetts: https://andybeta.substack.com/p/steve-tibbetts-pt-124 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfoaxzasc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mrcwsli4m22vPhilly tonight! https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/cosmic-music-the-life-art-and-transcendence-of-alice-coltrane/23 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcwsli4m22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mranmyzv7k2iPhilly peeps, I'll be in conversation with @natechinen.bsky.social tomorrow night at Cosmic Myth, with a special performance after by Surya Botofasina: https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/cosmic-music-the-life-art-and-transcendence-of-alice-coltrane/22 Jul 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mranmyzv7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mq7zmwrow22lSoooo many fond childhood memories of the dark, rickety, cramped HPB off Broadway in SA. Was sad to see it closed on my last trip, but glad to know they are going strong. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7zmwrow22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mq5tbmnajk2kPart 1 of an archival interview with the late Jon Hassell, trumpeter/ visionary/ Fourth World explorer: https://andybeta.substack.com/p/in-the-fried-archives-jon-hassell08 Jul 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5tbmnajk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mpogargx5c2wCharles Tyler! Marion Brown! The Visitors! McCoy! Woody! + more ❤️‍🔥: https://andybeta.substack.com/p/best-jazz-reissues-of-2026-first02 Jul 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpogargx5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3movp2ocio22a3 hours of Cosmic Music and talk with @obsofdeviance.bsky.social and @wfmu.bsky.social: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/16549922 Jun 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3movp2ocio22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3moit2m2u6c22https://youtu.be/w16RyOs-c64?si=pJ9vls1GcZJjkaG_ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3moit2m2u6c22https://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3moioiaubn22sBlue Note famously didn't do "vocal jazz" but when they did, it was one-part church gospel, one-part acid trip wooziness: https://theshfl.com/collection/Blue-Notes-Take-on-Vocal-Jazz17 Jun 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3moioiaubn22shttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnshknugzc23One oppressively humid summer day back in '06, I saw James Blood Ulmer play a solo acoustic show at Brooklyn Metrotech. I mostly knew his jazz, free-funk stuff, but this was an incredible set of lowkey blues drawn from his Birthright album. Rest in Power08 Jun 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnshknugzc23https://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnidtd4o4s2sSome Thursday thoughts from the Sunday Review of Filles de Kilimanjaro: https://open.substack.com/pub/andybeta/p/filles-de-kilimanjaro?r=dh1l0&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web04 Jun 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnidtd4o4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnhoj3dl2k2b“Richard Long’s soundsystem used to make love to me. That is the essence of what a good soundsystem can do.” https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/richard-long-feature04 Jun 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhoj3dl2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnhjtlanus2zThe late Richard Long's lone remaining soundsystem: [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhjtlanus2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnfoiorvbs2wA tribute to the late Steve Barrow and how he transported a TX teen to the Bizarro World that is JA dub reggae03 Jun 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfoiorvbs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnd3ma6c2s2tJust learned that Areski Belkacem has left us. His work with Brigitte Fontaine is magical stuff: https://youtu.be/sRrkSp77WM4?si=HbdLzDGHgsGEAlri02 Jun 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnd3ma6c2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mnattutubs2i"In Filles, there’s summation, destruction, decay, creation, and new possibilities all within. It brings together Davis and Evans for one last collaboration, and also offers one final glimpse of the Second Great Quintet before Miles went electric." Happy 100th Miles: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miles-davis-filles-de-kilimanjaro/01 Jun 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnattutubs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mmr2ixyqoc2w“Why did I do it?” Rollins said to Hilton Als in 2016 about recording Freedom Suite in 1958. “Because I was trying to get black consciousness into people.” https://open.substack.com/pub/andybeta/p/freedom-from-the-known?r=dh1l0&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web26 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr2ixyqoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mm7wg7wpi22nAn imaginary playlist for The Lot, plus loads of new music from Olof Dreijer, Croz Boyce, Marc Leclair, Ibrahim Alfa Jnr., Hans Reichel, and more: https://andybeta.substack.com/p/the-lot-for-may-bb819 May 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7wg7wpi22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mlqk7zzis22bReally lovely write-up of Cosmic Music on this list: [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqk7zzis22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mlltbokddk2d"Great jazz clubs are always that cozy...Even the color of the Vanguard is perfect, that darkish crimson red you got going on with the curtains." Chatted with Immanuel Wilkins about his favorite albums/ memories from the Village Vanguard: https://www.everythingjazz.com/story/immanuel-wilkins-live-at-the-village-vanguard-vol-2/11 May 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlltbokddk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybeta.bsky.social/post/3mldzqtdfck27Bucket list chat about free jazz, UK free improv, Alice, and turning into an ECM guy with Thurston Moore: https://open.substack.com/pub/andybeta/p/thurston-moore?r=dh1l0&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web08 May 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:nunvco5pvimvatiubobgowpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldzqtdfck27