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Nikki Glaspie Talks KAMANI Colorado Run, The Nth Power NYE, & A Very Punkadelick X-Mas [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 13, 2021December 16, 2021 B.Getz funk, funk drummer, jamband, kamani, kamanifunk, kat dyson, mike dillon, mike dillon & punkadelic, Nikki Glaspie, punkadelick, robert sput searight, The Nth Power

KAMANI, the all-world funk ensemble led by Nikki Glaspie, is ready to rage its first-ever run of Colorado shows this weekend—and thats just one of the several bands with which she’ll hit the stage over the next few weeks.

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Hulaween 2021: An Emotional Reunion At The Spirit Of The Suwannee [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 B.Getz bonobo, break science, chris lake, claude von stroke, Dumpstaphunk, eric krasno, frick frack blackjack, greenhouse lounge, hulaween, jungle, kamani, khruangbin, lespecial, lettuce, mark farina, my morning jacket, mzg, neal francis, Nigel hall, Nikki Glaspie, skrillex, spirit lake, spirit of suwannee, String Cheese Incident, suwannee hulaween, The Nth Power, turkuaz

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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