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Ahead of our special event with ‘An evening with Gilles Peterson’ on November 12th to celebrate the release of his Sun Ra compilation ‘To Those Of Earth… And Other Worlds’ on Strut Records we asked ...

“Somewhere in the other side of nowhere is a place in space beyond time where the Gods of mythology dwell. … These gods dwell in their mythocracies, democracies and monocracies. They dwell in a magic ...

When it comes to Sun Ra, the elephant in the room—or perhaps the intergalactic space frigate orbiting your sound system—is how many musicians in the band were bombed out on acid during a typical ...

After covering Sun Ra on 2017’s Bajas Fresh, the Chicago trio fires up a passel of arcane vintage synths and interprets eight more songs by the cosmic jazz legend. No score yet, be the first to add. 0 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Singer-songwriters both old (Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Rodney Crowell) and relatively new (Leon Bridges, Brittany Howard) are standouts among this week’s new music releases (All ...

The night before recording their 1978 album Lanquidity, Sun Ra and his Arkestra filmed a brief live spot for Saturday Night Live. Given a window of only four minutes, Sun Ra crammed three classics ...

Verity Sharp listens to the secret music made by vending machines, including a particularly talented hot chocolate machine in Turin and a singing machine in a Swedish hospital which inspired the ...

Strut is reissuing Sun Ra’s 1978 album Lanquidity. Set for release on digital formats, as well as on CD and in a 4xLP box set, the reissue takes in the original album as well as alternative mixes by ...