Ashley Kahn

Forty years ago this month, Paul Simon released Graceland, an album that became one of the defining records of his career, and one of the most celebrated and debated albums of its era. Music historian Ashley Kahn tells the whole complicated story in his new book, Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland.

Leo Sidran talks to Ashley Kahn about his new book Days of Miracle and Wonder which explores Paul Simon’s unconventional creative process and the complicated cultural and political questions that surrounded the making of Graceland.

On this episode of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive (2002), Ashley Kahn gives his essay on John Coltrane

On this episode of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive (2002) Jazz author Ashley Kahn provides his essay on John Coltrane's A Love Supreme album

On this episode of AOS, author and historian Ashley Kahn talks about "The New Jazz Emigres"

WBGO's Nate Chinen chats with author, journalist, educator and concert producer Ashley Kahn about why many American Jazz artists are once again moving abroad.

On this July 2 edition of the WBGO Journal, Leo Sidran takes us to the Montreal Jazz Festival, Nate Chinen chats with Ashley Kahn about the "new" jazz emigres and Jon Kalish reports on the JetLAG Festival in the Catskills