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As music festivals around the world continue to up the proverbial ante in what is possible, North America has been playing catch-up to many of the behemoth and technologically advanced events overseas. Yet there are more than a few funkified diamonds in the rough found over here on the Western Hemisphere. Enjoy this list of some of our favorites.
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*Originally published on Live for Live Music* With the fierceness and grace befitting a revolutionary empress, Chloe Smith stands firmly with her
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Returning with Broken Open, his sixth full length album as a solo artist, is The Human Experience. Appropriately delivered to the people
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Descending on heartsick terrain in demoralizing and disconsolate times, here come the Dimond Saints, demonic duo comprised of Oakland producers an-ten-nae and Releece. From a faraway universe of secrets and shadows, the enigmatic masked avengers finally have unveiled ‘Prism in the Dark’, their long awaited full-length LP of original music. Eighteen maniacal and meticulous months in the making, the narrative is everything it promised it could be, profoundly hinting at going further, by forwarding the avant-garde in spiritualized, psychedelic bass music.
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Beginning in 2016, B.Getz created promotional placements for Jumpsuit Records’ artist roster. Media includes a series of LP and EP releases on
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.Paak alternately rapping, singing, and playing the shit out of some drums. The dude was one thousand percent rock star, crooning sweet nothings while seated behind the kit, taking our minds to the tip of a cloud.
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Birthed from a shared affinity for the alternative rock of the 1990s, namely Cali-punk and Seattle grunge, the now Brooklyn-based Bob Moses are re-imagining the landscapes of downtempo deep house delivered in the live setting.
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originally published on Fest300/EverFest For the fourth consecutive year, the mystical confines of Spirit of Suwannee Music Park hosted Suwannee
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B.Getz talks shop with LAFA TAYLOR Live from Envision Festival 2016 for Live for Live Music
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Sorceress. Alchemist. Beat Conductor. Funk Philosopher. Seneshal of Style. Purveyor of Pocket. Child of God. Agent of Love. Nikki Glaspie is among the premier drummers in music
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