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Andy BetaBeta Music for Beta People
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On the Air
JA in the AM 5/22/2026
As I said on air, it was “a dream to finally be on WFMU.” Tried a bunch of different doors, street directions, and floors before I found the legendary studio. John Allen and I go waaaay back, to the late ‘90s (when I...
Michael Brook
On building the infinite guitar, the yin-yang of Jon Hassell, Cobalt Blue sinking like a stone, and unwittingly becoming the architect for "world music"
I first encountered Canadian guitarist/ composer/ producer Michael Brook via his 1985...
Steve Tibbetts Pt. 2
On meditation, children, his collaboration with singing nun Chöying Drolma, and fighting ICE in the streets of Minneapolis
Part Two of my conversation with Steve Tibbetts. You can read Part One here. As some eagle-eyed readers may have not...
Steve Tibbetts Pt. 1
On science as faith, seven-year album cycles, seeing the Northern Lights during his first ECM session, and the "accumulation of everything."
All photos courtesy of Steve Tibbetts
In the Fried Archives: Jon Hassell Pt. 2
From 2017, the trumpeter/ visionary on traversing digital la-la land, slurping hashish milkshakes with La Monte Young, idiot-compassion, and music as masturbation
In the Fried Archives is ongoing archival series of interviews I conducted o...
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Writer exploring the intersection of music and spirituality. Texas-bred, New York-based. My writing has appeared at New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Washington Post, NPR, We Jazz, and many other places.
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