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Kathy Iandoli is a critically acclaimed journalist, author, podcaster, media coach, and documentarian. Ms. Iandoli is a media professional whom I’ve admired for some time, there’s a lot to glean from how she moves thru music/media industries.
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Celebrating 30 years since first coalescing as a collective in early-’90s Boston, and two decades on from the famed tour that gave us Live in Tokyo, Lettuce is still mining new avenues of creative progression and elevating their craft.
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Love & Gravity is the dynamite new record from Object Heavy, thus far an underground phenomenon hailing from the ganja-farm hinterlands of Northern California.
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The Yoshi’s audience was treated to a first-class demonstration of GZA’s murderous rhyme styles and genuine craft in the cozy confines of the renowned jazz haunt.
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The Iceman Special swarmed the storied SF venue on the group’s first-ever West Coast run, dropping a blistering, iridescent performance before leaving town toting a gang of new devotees.
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Bay Area psychedelic bass fans turned out in throaty throngs to welcome back the pair of international womp wizards for a cosmic convergence at Public Works on Friday, December 30th.
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6th annual year-end compendium of albums, singles, EPs, DJ sets, and live releases of 2022. Includes Spotify and Soundcloud playlists. Curated by B.Getz
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Please welcome back to the show Dave from Dopey Podcast – now going by his gov’t: David Manheim. His program is a dark comedy on “drugs, addiction, recovery, and dumb sh*t.” For his second appearance on this program, we dropped in pretty deep. Recorded Sept.2022, on the last evening of the Park City Song Summit in Utah.
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Welcome DAN CHARNAS! His latest book – Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm is a New York Times Bestseller.
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Future-funk-hop pioneers Lettuce stormed the Southeast in mid-November, lookin’ live on arrival and feelin’ so fresh ‘n’ so clean.
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