The Music Book Podcast

Marc Masters

A podcast about music books, talking to authors about how they wrote their books about music! Hosted by music writer Marc Masters.

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The Music Book Podcast

Episodes (81)

Yesterday 081 Andy Beta on Alice Coltrane
Feb 17th 080 Daniel Rachel on Nazi symbols in Rock'n'Roll
Feb 3rd 079 Howard Fishman on Connie Converse

The Music Book Podcast

Mar 3, 2026
52½ minutes
36 MB

On this episode, Marc talks to Andy Beta, author of "Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane," published in March of 2026. It's a thorough and insightful biography of the musician and her various lives as a prodigious young student, a seasoned jazz player, a wife and mother tightly bonded to her husband John Coltrane, and a swami who reached spiritual heights as a teacher and leader. Andy charts all of these versions of Coltrane while also providing close readings of her many amazing recordings. As he writes, "Even five years...

The Music Book Podcast

081 Andy Beta on Alice Coltrane

Marc Masters

00:00 -52:25