Various Artists Red Hot & Ra - The Magic City (DELUXE EDITION) vintage country shirt and the chorus on "Stranded"

and the chorus on "Stranded" could almost have come off something by one of the sludgier grunge bands

Chalk this up to a general maturation -- the singer/songwriter is a happily married mother of two

and a backing band that sounds as intimate with the material as its creator

from desire ('Ain't Got You') through disquiet and deceit ('Tunnel Of Love' and 'Brilliant Disguise') to despair ('When You're Alone')

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Various Artists Red Hot & Ra - The Magic City (DELUXE EDITION) vintage country shirt and the chorus on "Stranded"The Magic City is the third album in the Red Hot & Ra series. This entire album was imagined, produced & curated by Meshell Ndegeocello. The album is a features Marshall Allen, Immanuel Wilkins, Deantoni Parks, Pink Siifu, Stuart Bogie and Justin Hicks. It is a dreamlike strange & soulful interpretation of Sun Ra's composition, This record follows Ndegeocello's 2023 album The Omnichord Real Book, named the #1 jazz album of the year by NPR and