Andy Beta is an award-winning arts and music writer. His writing on rock, jazz, experimental and electronic music has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and many more. He lives in New York City with his family.

Meticulously researched and underpinned by Beta's devotion to his subject, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane traces one of the most singular journeys in postwar American music . . . a narrative driven by its subject's quest for spiritual oneness, her descent into near madness makes for jolting, disturbing reading . . . this long overdue biography, traces every step of her spiritual and musical evolution, illuminating her earthly struggles and her long search for transcendence. If you're already a devotee, it will send you back to the records to listen anew. If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography. And prepare to be transported.

Andy Beta is an award-winning arts and music writer. His writing on rock, jazz, experimental and electronic music has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and many more. He lives in New York City with his family.

Meticulously researched and underpinned by Beta's devotion to his subject, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane traces one of the most singular journeys in postwar American music . . . a narrative driven by its subject's quest for spiritual oneness, her descent into near madness makes for jolting, disturbing reading . . . this long overdue biography, traces every step of her spiritual and musical evolution, illuminating her earthly struggles and her long search for transcendence. If you're already a devotee, it will send you back to the records to listen anew. If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography. And prepare to be transported.

Andy Beta is an award-winning arts and music writer. His writing on rock, jazz, experimental and electronic music has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and many more. He lives in New York City with his family.

Meticulously researched and underpinned by Beta's devotion to his subject, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane traces one of the most singular journeys in postwar American music . . . a narrative driven by its subject's quest for spiritual oneness, her descent into near madness makes for jolting, disturbing reading . . . this long overdue biography, traces every step of her spiritual and musical evolution, illuminating her earthly struggles and her long search for transcendence. If you're already a devotee, it will send you back to the records to listen anew. If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography. And prepare to be transported.