The groundbreaking musician Alice Coltrane gets her first comprehensive biography, thanks to author Andy Beta.

Chicago's favorite country crooner Andrew Sa will be hosting the Cosmic Country anniversary party. Credit: Sarah Larson Five years ago, the Hideout’s talent booker at the time, Sullivan Davis, teamed ...

This is FRESH AIR. There are two fat, new biographies of composers and pianists born 43 years apart. Their music transcended jazz, but recognition for their work was slow - James P. Johnson, born in ...

I’ve been trying to avoid this all my life, but it had to happen one day [audience laughter]. Seriously, this music would have inspired me even had I been born into a different family in a different ...

Cosmic Knot frontman and guitarist Tom Wall exudes positivity, something that propels the Michigan band’s “unique song structures” and “blistering level of intensity” during its lengthy stage jams.