Features 28 - The Upful Life

The Upful LIFE Podcast. episode 001 – MICHELANGELO CARUBBA of TURKUAZ

September 20, 2018October 2, 2018 B.Getz

Pilot episode of The Upful Life Podcast, hosted/curated by B.Getz, a music-culture reporter and historian. We’re lucky to have our first guest TURKUAZ drummer MICHELANGELO CARUBBA for a long-form sitdown, which took place during High Sierra in NorCal back in early July. (Please excuse the stage noise bleeding over into the conversation a little bit). Mikey talks ‘KUAZ, their live album, Denny Lane and playing with heroes, his lifelong connection to Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi. After the music nuggets, Mikey takes a turn for the serious, heartfelt, and inspiring, no-holds-barred recounting the circumstances that led to his sobriety, We spend time detailing his budding relationship with a Vermont-based singer/songwriter. The episode’s second half features a spirited segment with JA, one of the host’s lifelong friends going back to elementary school. They chop it up about all things regarding The Phish from VT in 2018.

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Foundation of Funk: Live at LOCK’N 2018 (Full Show VIDEO)

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Foundation of Funk featuring members of Dead & Company live from LOCK’N 2018. FOF Includes George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, Ian, Ivan, and Cyril Neville, plus Tony Hall.

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August 26, 2018August 27, 2018 B.Getz adam deitch, Borahm Lee, break science, euphonic conceptions, michal menert, prefuse73, soundtribe sector 9, sts9, sunsquabi, wokes with jokes, yak attack

A reflection on STS9’s inaugural Wave Spell Live festival in Belden Town, CA, brought to you by Euphonic Conceptions.

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PREVIEW: HULA Heavyweights: A Look at the Top Artists Appearing at Suwannee Hulaween 2018

August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 B.Getz jamiroquai, Janelle MOnae, JRAD, lettuce, Mavis Staples, odezsa, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee hulaween, Tipper

Now approaching its sixth incarnation, 2018 finds Hulaween welcoming the likes of ODESZA, Jamiroquai, Janelle Monáe, and Tipper; this year just might be the boldest and most diverse musical lineup in the festival’s already storied history.