Throwing a festival in this day and age is even more of an ambitious, frustrating, and confounding undertaking than it ever was before the age of pandemic. The fact that Suwannee Hulaween 2021 even happened at all was a miracle in itself, yet somehow the fest managed to manifest something as magical as ever.
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Recent Suwannee LIVE Drive-In events, such as the Funky Mardi Gras “Mask”erade, are successful first steps toward the return to days of thousands coming together in close proximity and high jubilation.
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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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The Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park is a special place. On the surface, its a lovely little campground. At its depths, it is a metaphysical vortex of transformation.
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Episode 018 of *The Upful LIFE Podcast* returns with very special guest JON PHILLIPS, founder of Silverback Music, a management company based in Southern California. Jon is the former manager of Sublime- going back to the early 90’s – and currently works with George Porter Jr., Fishbone, Dumpstaphunk, The Grouch and Eligh, Slightly Stoopid, among other successful contemporary artists.
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In celebration of their bandleader’s 62nd birthday, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe strutted into San Francisco in late December for their customary engagement at The Fillmore.
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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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Hosted by the majestic Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park, the 2012 edition of the Bear Creek Music Festival unveiled a streamlined, svelte, and sinister menu of astonishing artists spanning several generations. The brainchild of Lyle Williams and Paul Levine, Bear Creek remained firmly seated on its throne, the pre-eminent music/camping festival of the modern era.
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In many ways an amalgam of High Sierra, Jam Cruise and Jazz Fest, Bear Creek is an experience all its own. The brainchild of Paul Levine and Lyle Williams, Bear Creek bills itself as a dance festival – “a blur of music and color, a family reunion in the woods.”
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The lineup was littered with a who’s who of the NOLA/NYC/Bay Area funk scenes, with an assortment of live electronic artists, roots music favorites, and whoever else seemed to fit on the bill.
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