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Lagniappe Love: NOLA’s The Iceman Special Makes Spectacular San Francisco Debut [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 B.Getz Bay Area, boom boom room, New Orleans, swamp funk, the iceman special, tv broken 3rd eye open

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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International Bass Wizards: Ott. & Goopsteppa Make Long-Awaited Return To The Bay Area [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 6, 2023January 9, 2023 B.Getz bass music, Bay Area, burning man, dubstep, EDM, goopsteppa, legion of bloom music, ott., psychedelic bass, womp

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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LETT ME RIDE: Lettuce Wraps Southeast Run In Mobile & NOLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 26, 2022November 29, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce tour, mobile, New Orleans, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul kitchen, Tipitina's, unify, unify tour

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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Field Notes From The Underground At Suwannee Hulaween 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 6, 2022November 8, 2022 B.Getz A Hundred Drums, butcher brown, cimafunk, danielle ponder, future joy, hula, hula 2022, hwoofer, lettuce, lost creations, lpt, mzg, Nigel hall, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee hulaween, the iceman special, Toubab Krewe, wednesday night titans

For 2022’s iteration, instead of focusing on the headliners, hosts, and household names, this more succinct review will shine a light on some of the smaller stages and underground artists that graced Suwannee Hulaween.

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Bonobo Live Band Brings ‘Fragments’ & More To The East Bay On Rumored Final U.S. Tour [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 B.Getz bonobo, bonobo live band, east bay, electronica, fox theater, fragments, live edm, live electronic, ninja tune, oakland

Touring behind his latest LP Fragments, released earlier this year, Bonobo’s live band rolled into the East Bay for a packed engagement at the ever-majestic Fox Theater.

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Naught Again: Zero Turns The Clock Back 30 Years At The Fillmore [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 16, 2022October 18, 2022 B.Getz Fillmore, Fillmore SF, Grateful dead, greg anton, jessica fierro, kimock, martin fierro, pete sears, robert hunter, san francisco, steve kimock, zero, zero band

On Saturday, October 15th, the psychedelic jam veterans in Zero descended on their home turf in San Francisco and the hallowed room The Fillmore to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a monumental 1992 three-night engagement at the nearby Great American Music Hall.

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Looking Back On The Magic Of The Inaugural Park City Song Summit [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 10, 2022October 12, 2022 B.Getz addiction, Aida Victoria, Anders Osborne, backline, ben anderson, Bonny Light Horseman, daniel donato, dopey, dopey podcast, Ivan Neville, Jason Isbell, jay blakesberg, john bukaty, keller williams grateful gospel, mental health, mental health awareness, park city song summit, recovery, rising appalachia, suwannee rising

Boasting intimate club performances by night juxtaposed with raw, personal panel discussions and illuminating long-form interviews by day, Park City Song Summit did its best to bathe and bask in the “power and myth of song.”

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Park City Song Summit’s Ben Anderson Aims To Help Musicians Through The Myth & Power Of Song [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 3, 2022September 15, 2022 B.Getz Anders Osborne, backline, ben anderson, dopey podcast, Grateful dead, mental health awareness, park city song summit, park city UT, recovery, sobriety, songwriter, wharf rats

Ben Anderson is a unique human being with a heart of gold. The former trial lawyer is a lifelong musician and the founder of Park City Song Summit, a unicorn mingling of intimate workshops, live music performances, and “songwriter rounds.”

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Escúchala La Ciudad: On The Scene At The Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 8, 2022August 11, 2022 B.Getz BJ the Chicago Kid, black star, Blue Note, blue note jazz fest, blue note jazz festival napa, chaka khan, chief adjuah, Chris "Daddy" Dave, Chris Dave & Drumhedz, Derrick Hodge, dj jahi sundance, flying lotus, flylo, GZA, isaiah sharkey, kamasi washington, keyon harrold, madlib, mos def, robert bacon, robert glasper, Soul Rebels, talib kweli, thundercat, yasiin bey

Hosted from Friday, July 29th through Sunday the 31st at the Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena, CA, the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley was nothing short of a groundbreaking event.

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Resilient Against The Machine: Rising Appalachia Returns To Berkeley [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 B.Getz Berkeley, biko casini, chloe smith, david brown, duncan wickel, leah song, rising app, rising appalachia, Rising Appalachia tour, UC Theatre

Embarking on their first extended West Coast run in a few years, Rising Appalachia returned to the UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA for a thrilling concert on Thursday, July 28th. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and the masses turned out in droves to gratefully receive Leah Song and Chloe Smith along with the tremendous trio behind them.