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Check out this 33+ hour, 711-track exhaustive J.Dilla anthology, distributed over six 5+ hour volumes on Soundcloud. Shoutout to @araQual from Okayplayer’s The Lesson for putting in WORK to create this magnificent document. Long Live DIlla Dawg!
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photo: Jesse Barbon Sky high and still soaring from the release of Mirrorland, Earthgang embarked on their first global headlining tour at the
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*The Upful LIFE Podcast* is back with Episode 026 featuring Ryan Jalbert of The Motet.
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DJ Soul Sister is already a prominent figure within the New Orleans music scene, and the “Queen of Rare Groove” is
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2019 came to a celebratory crescendo in phenomenal fashion on New Year’s Eve, when Grammy-nominated funk merchants Lettuce steamrolled through San Francisco for a single-night engagement at The Independent.
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Photo: Susan Weiand – Dumpstaphunk w/ Tower of Power The Bay Area has always been funk music central, with a storied history
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December 31st, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Phish‘s storied midnight–sunrise set at Big Cypress at the turn of the century on 12/31/99.
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Reviews/reflections of 19 records that resonated most in 2019, plus 19 more Honorable Mentions. Stream links & playlist. Curated/composed by B.Getz / Upful LIFE
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Between bassist MonoNeon, saxophonist Sylvester Onyejiaka, and keyboardist Dominique Xavier Taplin—all former Prince collaborators—the Paisley Park pedigree is always present and well-represented with Ghost-Note.
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Episode 025 welcomes the legendary Eric Krasno to the show for a pretty sweet powwow on a number of salient topics from the guitarist/producer’s illustrious career. Co-founder of Soulive, co-founder and former guitarist of Lettuce, Kraz was in the Bay Area in late September for a quick run with E3- (Eric Krasno Trio)
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