Andy Beta

Andy Beta

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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/

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Think I've seen this Fassbinder film

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NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS EVERY COMPANY IN THE FUTURE WILL HAVE TWO FACTORIES, ONE REAL AND ONE DIGITAL, WITH THE DIGITAL FACTORY SO REAL IT MIGHT AS WELL BE REAL

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Asheville folks, I'll be at Black Mountain College next week with the mighty Surya Botofasina for a night of music in honor of Alice Coltrane/ Swamini Turiyasangitananda: www.blackmountaincollege.org/events/cosmi...

blackmountaincollege.orgExploring Alice Coltrane's Legacy: Andy Beta & Surya Botofasina - Black Mountain College Museum + Arts CenterExploring Alice Coltrane's Legacy with Andy Beta & Surya Botofasina | Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 at 7PM | 120 College St Asheville NC
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Reading Chuck Klosterman does approximate the symptoms of CTE

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I reviewed Chuck Klosterman’s book on American football and couldn’t get past the dishonesty about the nature of the game to even accept his premise of its future www.thenation.com/article/cult...

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“Coltrane actually raised this music from the secular to an area of serious, religious world music. It was like being in church.” Glad to be part of @darkforcesswing.bsky.social deep dive into how John Coltrane oddly gets left out of spiritual jazz discussions: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...

nytimes.com‘Spiritual Jazz’ Has Turned Cozy. John Coltrane Demanded More.The term has lately become synonymous with sonic serenity (and chic merch). But the saxophone great challenged listeners with radical honesty.
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♍ Mafia too strong

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker! Six years ago, I wrote this piece about Bird's live recordings for @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social's Do The Math as part of a Bird-at-100 packaged he engineered. This music seems more magical and mysterious to me with each passing year. ethaniverson.com/live-bird-is...

ethaniverson.comLive Bird is the Best Bird (by Mark Stryker)CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL 1) Charles McPherson and Steve Coleman 2) Tom Harrell and Mark Turner 3) John Scofield 4) Bertha Hope >>> 5) Live Bird is the Best Bird&n…
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In China, their "American Pizza" features hot dogs stuffed in the crust 🇺🇸

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we went to a highly recommended pizza restaurant in Formia, Italy. the fact that the menu consisted of gorgeously made Italian pizzas with fresh local ingredients, and then also contained this monstrosity called a "pizza Americana" is S-tier trolling by the Italians

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"There are areas where you want to stay respectful to the depth of what other people have done. The white guy playing the sitar is…you never really want to be that guy." A chat with infinite guitar god/ secret 'world music' architect, Michael Brook: andybeta.substack.com/p/michael-br... @4ad.com

andybeta.substack.comMichael BrookOn building the infinite guitar, the yin-yang of Jon Hassell, Cobalt Blue sinking like a stone, and unwittingly becoming the architect for "world music"
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"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: andybeta.substack.com/p/steve-tibb...

andybeta.substack.comSteve Tibbetts Pt. 1On science as faith, seven-year album cycles, seeing the Northern Lights during his first ECM session, and the "accumulation of everything."
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Philly peeps, I'll be in conversation with @natechinen.bsky.social tomorrow night at Cosmic Myth, with a special performance after by Surya Botofasina: www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/cos...

arsnovaworkshop.orgCosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane - Ars Nova WorkshopPlease join Ars Nova Workshop to celebrate the release of journalist Andy Beta’s essential new biography, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, featuring a performance by ke...

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What happened to me in the West Bank was an outrage. But it is nothing compared to what Palestinians face every day. It is time to share their stories that American politics have silenced and ignored. This is our first video about Palestinians we met.

Andy Beta
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Soooo 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.

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Half Price Books is kind of a fascinating company. I spoke to their president about the new Houston store and how the approach expansion: "Our sales are up across the chain. We are very, very healthy. We're doing great. People are coming back to reading." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

chron.comWhy now is the perfect time for Half Price Books' inner Houston return"We're doing great. People are coming back to reading."
Andy Beta
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One 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 Power

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One day, I hope to finally tell the juicy bits Kenny Carpenter told me about Long. They're so raw that I can still recall his exact quotes word for word.