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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.093 : POLYRHYTHMICS vol.2 [Ben Bloom – gtr, Grant Schroff aka Champagne Bubblebath – drums]

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 B.Getz afrobeat, ben bloom, champagne bubblebath, D.C. Go-Go, drummer interview, funk, funk band, grant schroff, guitarist interview, jamband, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, polyrhythmics, polyrhythmics life from below, seattle, Second Line, soul

Episode 093 welcomes back POLYRHYTHMICS, the fantastically-funky septet primarily based in Seattle, but these days steadily spreading their net further and wider than ever before.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.059 : POLYRHYTHMICS [Ben Bloom, guitar – Jason Gray, bass]

August 19, 2022August 21, 2022 B.Getz afrobeat, ben bloom, funk, jason gray, jazz, live music, music festival, music podcast, musician interview, polyrhythmics, seattle, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee, suwannee rising

Welcome BEN BLOOM and JASON GRAY of POLYRHYTHMICS! This wide-ranging conversation took place on the Sunday of Suwannee Rising, after the band dropped a pair of scorching sets on SOSMP

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Upful Life’s 20 Favorite Records of 2020: Quarantine Deep Dive 365 [Reviews/Playlist]

December 23, 2020January 2, 2021 B.Getz afrobeat, bass music, best albums of 2020, best records of 2020, downtempo, dub reggae, electronic music, favorite albums, favorite albums of 2020, favorite records of 2020, favorite songs of 2020, favorite spotify albums 2020, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz, jazz funk, live album, live music, psychedelic, psychedelics, R&B, rap, soul jazz, soul-funk, trip-hop, year-end best-of

20 favorite records reviewed, 20 more album recs, plus a smattering of singles and live sh*t. A collection of works that resonated with me most, during this complex, confounding revolution around the sun.