Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Turiya (2xLP) blogosphere José Gonzalez a holographic projection

José Gonzalez a holographic projection from an old film of South Sea Islands

The “Teardrop” dub recycles little from the original besides specters of a chord progression

13-13-13 Tour 2013

Triumphant live versions of “Rehab” and “Love Is a Losing Game” show an artist at the height of her powers

Released in 1971

Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Turiya (2xLP) blogosphere José Gonzalez a holographic projectionAlice Coltrane remains a singular figure on the fringe of American music but her appeal is growing. While Coltrane's music is gaining wider acceptance there is an entire era of her recorded output that remains obscure, almost as if by design. Her four self published, devotional albums of the eighties and nineties were recorded during a period in which she had withdrawn from secular life. They were manufactured and distributed in limited quantities