Probably one of the icon’s most well-known songs, “Enlightenment” is on the simpler side of Sun Ra’s discography. However, sometimes, “simple” doesn’t have to mean “mild”. This song doesn’t have a ...

New Dawn, despite it being Allen’s official debut, is a wonderful and inspired jazz album that not only fits right in with ...

There was a black moon in December.For some who follow such astronomical events, (and for others who await interplanetary travel via "transmoleculisation"), it can signify the dumping of negative ...

Denison Witmer. The Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia's WRTI to discuss the best new releases out on Valentine's Day.

“I was very political, and I didn’t have a classical music background, and I was having a hard time,” he remembers. The late bandleader Sun Ra, in 1979.Credit: Veryl Oakland A life-changing ...

These outsider musicians proved that soul and creativity, rather than traditional musical training, can turn casual artists into icons.

The album, a nod to the classic 1995 Chef Raekwon LP "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx," was produced by Amun-Ra's longtime ...

Brian Wilson obsessed over his music, but there was one song he grew so attached to that he began to think it was cursed.

Athens, Georgia musician Amun-Ra, released a new album, "Only Built for Nuwbian Linx," featuring members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music history.