Bandleader Knoell Scott leads the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing at SFJazz on July 31, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea. The Sun Ra Arkestra began the first of four San Francisco shows at SFJazz’s ...
Yesterday, Jan. 8, a chance crossing between Yo La Tengo and Sun Ra Arkestra led to an unforgettable shared stage at San Francisco’s The Fillmore. Just as the indie trio kicked off the latest leg of ...
I have been listening to the music of Sun Ra since the mid-1970s. His Arkestra performed somewhere in Washington, DC right around that time. I didn’t attend the show (I was broke), but a few friends ...
You think Willie Nelson is a marvel in the music world, still recording and performing at age 91? Say hello to Marshall Allen, longtime leader of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra. Allen, 100, has been at ...