Day: May 22, 2014

Ten Sun Ra Albums to Blow Your Mind

Sun Ra

Calling Planet Earth: Sun Ra, the Original Space Musician: Upon hearing Sun Ra’s “Constellation” in a blindfold test Brian Eno said, “I wish I had done it myself. I’m extremely envious that somebody else did it. I’d give that five [stars] actually.” Guitarist Syd Barrett reputedly blew his mind to The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun…

Thursday May 22nd-Echoes Program 1421D

Sun Ra 100th Birthday Sun Ra was the first space musician, a voyager who took jazz and electronics into deepest space creating a mythological world that he actually lived in. Born on May 22, 1914, Sun Ra left the planet in 1993. We’ll remember Sun Ra with interview clips, music from his Arkestra and music…