# Alice Coltrane’s Ashram Tapes Are Finally Getting Released

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alice-coltranes-ashram-tapes-are-finally-getting-released/
- Published: 2026-07-28T17:02:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T23:12:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Pitchfork
- Original article: https://pitchfork.com/story/alice-coltranes-ashram-tapes-finally-get-authorized-release/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Matador Records to release Alice Coltrane's unheard ashram tapes for the first time
- Four albums from her 1980s-90s Californian ashram, previously cassette-only
- No release date yet; earlier partial/altered versions appeared in 2017 and 2021

## Summary

Alice Coltrane's previously unreleased "ashram tapes" have been confirmed for official release by Matador Records, the first authorised commercial issue of these recordings. The four albums—Turiya Sings, Divine Songs, Infinite Chants, and Glorious Chants—were made at the late jazz musician's Californian ashram in the 1980s and 1990s and originally circulated only as cassettes among ashram members, making this a notable moment for admirers and scholars of her spiritual and musical legacy.

The recordings fuse jazz with new age, gospel and electronic influences, and Matador will put out full mixes with the original artwork across all formats, though a release date has still not been set. Some tracks had previously appeared in altered or partial form, including on the 2017 compilation The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda and a 2021 Impulse! edition of Turiya Sings that stripped out the synths. Alice Coltrane's daughter, Michelle Coltrane, described the music as reflecting her mother's pursuit of "devotion, transcendence, and spiritual elevation."

## Coverage

- [Pitchfork: Alice Coltrane’s Ashram Tapes Are Finally Getting Released](https://pitchfork.com/story/alice-coltranes-ashram-tapes-finally-get-authorized-release/)
- [Clash: Alice Coltrane’s Ashram Tapes To Be Issued In Full](https://www.clashmusic.com/news/alice-coltranes-ashram-tapes-to-be-issued-in-full/)

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