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Cheers To 30 Years! High Sierra Music Festival Returns From Hiatus To Celebrate Milestone 2022 Event [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 11, 2022July 13, 2022 B.Getz Anna Moss, femi kuti, Ghost Note, goose, greensky bluegrass, handmade moments, high sierra, HIgh SIerra Music Festival, HIgh Sierra Music Festival 2022, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, JRAD, lettuce, Molly Tuttle, music festival, ORGONE, pigeons playing ping pong, Samantha Fish, skerik, the disco biscuits, The Nth Power, the slip, The Trueloves

After the pandemic forced a two-year hiatus, pioneering NorCal gathering High Sierra Music Festival returned to the Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA on Independence Day weekend. Fans were thrilled to congregate for the long-awaited 30th anniversary celebration, albeit a couple years removed, and the ever-colorful musical smorgasbord did not disappoint.

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PREVIEW: HULA Heavyweights: A Look at the Top Artists Appearing at Suwannee Hulaween 2018

August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 B.Getz jamiroquai, Janelle MOnae, JRAD, lettuce, Mavis Staples, odezsa, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee hulaween, Tipper

Now approaching its sixth incarnation, 2018 finds Hulaween welcoming the likes of ODESZA, Jamiroquai, Janelle Monáe, and Tipper; this year just might be the boldest and most diverse musical lineup in the festival’s already storied history.

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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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