Watching this video makes us sad that we haven’t been able to see Sun Ra Arkestra this year — they surely would’ve played the 2020 edition of Union Pool’s Summer Thunder series as have in years past.

This summer, Sun Ra Arkestra were scheduled to perform at Calgary's Sled Island music festival. Of course, COVID-19 had other plans, and the fest was cancelled, but the Arkestra has still made a ...

Union Pool closed out their annual Summer Thunder free show series on Sunday (8/24), as usual, with Sun Ra Arkestra. The weather couldn’t have been nicer and there was a line around the block to get ...

When is a band not a ghost band? It is a question posed by a Cleveland jazz media figure after a performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra on the first full day of the Tri-C JazzFest, and it was a fair one ...

For decades, American jazz saxophonist Knoel Scott has been honoring Herman “Sonny” Blount, aka Sun Ra, the composer, keyboardist and founder of the ethereal Sun Ra Arkestra. “Either the spirit is ...

Music from our finest cosmic institution spanning a century’s worth of jazz The Arkestra was formed in the mid-1950s by pianist/keyboardist Sun Ra, who would make a name for himself as a seriously ...

Sun Ra had a profound and lasting influence on members of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Sun Ra had a profound and lasting influence on members of the Sun Ra Arkestra. In this clip, Arkestra members Marshall ...

The band is back together, so we're celebrating Black Music Month with nothing but the hits. 11 hours ago According to AL.com, New Dawn features seven tracks: “Prologue,” “African Sunset,” “New Dawn,” ...