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Mental Health, Music Culture, & Community Coalesce At Magical Park City Song Summit 2023 [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 B.Getz addiction, ben anderson, bob weir, bobby weir and wolf bros, bobby weir and wolf bros featuring the wolfpack, Brittany Spencer, celisse, Chuck D, danielle ponder, grandmaster flash, jay blakesberg, JD Souther, mental health, mental health awareness, park city song summit, Public Enemy, ramblin' jack elliot, recovery, Run DMC, self-care, Steve Parish, stevie wonder, talia keys

Only in its second year, Park City Song Summit is well on the way to redefining what’s possible for festival nation; cross-pollinating a multi-day music event with a mental health/recovery/wellness conference, all the while providing a mighty good time.

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PREVIEW: Park City Song Summit 2023 To Welcome Bob Weir & Wolf Bros, Eric Krasno, Danielle Ponder, & More [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 22, 2023August 25, 2023 B.Getz addiction, ben anderson, bob weir, bobby weir and wolf bros, cimafunk, danielle ponder, dopey podcast, eric krasno, Grateful dead, park city song summit, park city UT, recovery, wellness

After last year’s inspired, successful debut gathering, the Park City Song Summit is ready to level up, rolling out a multi-faceted slate of exciting events for 2023. The second iteration will be headlined by Bob Weir & Wolf Bros, as well as Eric Krasno, a Stevie Wonder tribute featuring Danielle Ponder, plus dozens of other eclectic artisans

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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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Agent 23 aka Cactus aka Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, welcome to The Upful Life Podcast! A founding member of pioneering Asheville-based live hip-hop collective Granola Funk Express (GFE). A progenitor of "family hip-hop" with his Secret Agent 23 Skidoo project, which took home a Grammy in 2019 for Best Children's Album. Cactus is a published author of several books, and a prolific educator around the country for kids of all ages and backgrounds.***LlNK lN Bl0***From train-hopping, to Rainbow Gathering kitchens, to rap ciphers at Phish festivals, this conversation is a colorful strut down memory lane for any GFE fan. And my man makes sure to spread the love around the krewe. Similarly, Cactus takes us through the birth of his daughter Saki, her transformation into MC Fireworks, and the heights their inspiring hip-hop connection took this beautiful family. These days, 23 and his 'Secret Agency' collaborate with students and symphonies, to wed classical music, global indigenous instruments, and storytelling to the elements of hip-hop. Cactus has also evolved into a successful educator, bringing hip-hop into the classroom as a multi-faceted teaching device. LISTEN ---> bit.ly/upful-076bioSecret Agent 23 Skidoo is an internationally touring, purple velvet tuxedo wearing family funk phenemenon. Combining the positive, primal power of hip hop with the surreal storytelling of science fiction, 23 Skidoo has concocted a potent potion that wows family crowds across the planet. After a decade of touring nationally as a rapper and producer in Granola Funk Express, he released his first kids' hip-hop album in 2008.Thanks 2 our friends at @iamAVL for the sponsor!@secretagent23skidooThe ingredients of his magic spells include reverence for the boundless mindstates of young children, respect for the culture and DNA of hip hop, funk and soul music, and a deep belief in the power of the imagination to change the world in positive ways, both personal and universal. At the 59th Grammy Awards in 2019, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo won Best Children's Album for his record Infinit ... See MoreSee Less

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