Few musicians have been as delightfully and fascinatingly weird as Sun Ra. He was born Herman Poole Blount, changed his name to honor the Egyptian god of the sun, believed he was an angelic being from ...

Ra Ra Riot are back with their first song in five years. Listen to “The Wish” below. Rostam Batmanglij, whose former Vampire Weekend bandmates are playing a handful of shows with Ra Ra Riot, co-wrote ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Last October, the Sun Ra Arkestra dropped Swirling, ...

I give a mighty thanks to Irwin Chusid. Administrator for Sun Ra LLC, who owns Ra's music rights. For giving me the permission to write and rename one of Sun Ra's songs. . And to my friend Dave Davis ...