AIDS awareness non-profit organization red hot announced another new tribute album in honor of Sun Ra. Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Raout June 21, is the label's fourth volume Red Hot & Ra series. Listen to two songs from it, a rendition of Sun Ra's “Daddy won't tell you any lieswith Laraaji andOuter Space Roads incorporated,” featuring vocals by Georgia Anne Muldrow, below.
“I love the idea of the title 'Outer Spaceways Incorporated' because it speaks to the interdependent existence of the sky that weaves within us if we accept the charge of using the Supreme Boss of All Creation,” Muldrow said in a statement. “Kronos Quartet does a wonderful job of navigating whimsy and otherworldliness with their instrumentation and arrangement, and I'm honored to be a part of it.”
Kronos Quartet works with a wide group of collaborators in Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra, including Laurie Anderson, Terry Riley, Marshall Allen, Armand Hammer, Jlin, 700 Bliss, RP Boo and Evicshen, among others. It follows the previous Red Hot + Ra installments Nuclear war, album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil/"}” href=”https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Solarand The Magic City.
Revisit Pitchfork's “Sun Ra: 10 Essential Tracks.”
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