Yo La Tengo celebrated Night 3 of Hanukkah, and a little bit of Christmas Eve, on Tuesday at Bowery Ballroom, part of their annual festive run. Sun Ra Arkestra, who’ve played YLT’s Hanukkah shows the ...

For the all-covers encore, Yo La Tengo took on Richard Hell’s “The Kid With the Replaceable Head,” Blue Oyster Cult’s “This ...

For decades, American jazz saxophonist Knoel Scott has been honoring Herman "Sonny" Blount, aka Sun Ra, the composer, keyboardist and founder of the ethereal Sun Ra Arkestra. "Either the spirit is ...

Yo La Tengo opened their annual Hanukkah run at New York’s Bowery Ballroom last night. A beloved tradition dating back to the early 2000s, and held at ...

Though on the surface, Dead & Company and the Sun Ra Arkestra—the first a Grateful Dead offshoot focusing on rock tunes featuring extended jams, the other an avant-garde jazz ensemble that remains ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The outlandish persona Sun Ra created and maintained for himself over the years may sometimes distract from the adventurous intent of the music he made. Yet it is testament to his vigorous loyalty to ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. In June 2011 the Sun Ra Arkestra rolled into Melbourne for that city’s International Jazz Festival. It ...

With a title like 'We F--- the Night,' there can be no big budget. It just wouldn't make any sense, especially considering the drum/bass/loud formula of married duo Lullabye Arkestra. What does make ...