Satellites Are Spinning: Sun Ra Celebration - Concert #1

Satellites Are Spinning: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra: A concert series. Featuring 8 concerts from December 2017 to June 2018 at some of the region's most important venues including; The Barnes Foundation, Ardmore Music Hall, Johnny Brenda's, The Planetarium of The Franklin Institute and World Cafe Live. Hosted by WRTI radio deejay, J. Michael Harrison.

Our band for Satellites #1 at the Barnes will consist of Nu Gruv Network founder aand drummer, Kim Pedro Rodriguez, Funk/Rock bassist, Mitch Beer, Rock fusion guitarist, Dan Kaplowoitz, Jazz keyboard master, Adam Faulk, digital percussionist, Malik Henry, Sun Ra Arkestra alumni, Terry Lawson, Jazz trumpeter, Matthew Stewart, Avant-garde trombonist, Dan Blacksberg, vocalist and songwriter, Alexa Gold, lyricist and poet, Bernard Collins and Jazz crooner, Kevin Valentine.

The series will present a diverse, aggregation of regional Jazz, Rock, R&B, Experimental, Hiphop, EDM artists and poets. It will also feature special guest, performance artists, a percolating videoscape by video master: Gralin Hughes, as well as a broad range of musical selections from the catalogs of Sun Ra and former, Sun Ra Arkestra members, as well as otherworldly tunes by such diverse artists as Parliament/Funkadelic, Outkast, Benny Golson, Talking Heads, Earth, Wind & Fire, Albert King, Nona Hendryx, David Bowie, Return To Forever, John Coltrane & many more.