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

Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a famous region of the sky often referred to as the “Pillars of Creation.” (Image: NASA) NASA turned star data into orchestral music using ...

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 ...

Dr. Dre gets a cosmic challenge from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his planets-inspired album project in the studio. Dr. Dre walked into a studio moment that most producers never experience ...

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 ...

The latest edition of Numero Group’s Wayfaring Strangers compilation series highlights forgotten artists who played a strain of country music in the early ’70s that mixed psychedelic rock with rootsy ...