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Upful LIFE 2025: Favorite Records + Much More!

December 23, 2025January 1, 2026 B.Getz 44th Move, adam deitch, Best Albums 2025, Best Songs 2025, blanc du blanc, butcher brown, butcher brown letters from the atlantic, Cochemea, cochemea ancient futuros iii, cochemea gastellum, Cualli, CUALLI Tea, de la soul, De La Soul Cabin in the Sky, Deitch Teitel Fribush, DTF Another Side of the Sound, dub, ECHT!, ECHT! Boilerism, El michels affair, Favorite Albums 2025, Favorite Records 2025, Favorite Songs 2025, FloFilz, goopsteppa, Joe Armon-Jones, lady wray, lady wray cover girl, lespecial, lettuce, lettuce cook, LIMINOID, melas leukos, Money Chicha, morillo, morillo the dub cartographer, Moses Yoofee Trio, Nicholas Payton TRIUNE, pachyman, Parkbreezy, Parkbreezy Better Days, Piet Dalmolen, polyrhythmics, polyrhythmics life from below, say she she, Say She She Cut & Rewind, scientist, surprise chef, Surprise Chef Superb, The Circling Sun, TRIUNE, yheti, yoofee

9th annual year-end favorite records extravaganza! 25 album reviews, plus dozens more inspired, eccentric, essential recommendations, DJ mixes, playlists & beyond. ~ Curated by B.Getz ~

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LOVE IS THE TEMPLE: On The Ground At The Inaugural Suwannee Amp Jam [B.Getz on L4LM]

March 17, 2025March 18, 2025 B.Getz adam deitch, alex wasily, amp jam, ari teitel, bear creek, bear creek music festival, Dumpstaphunk, eric krasno, george porter jr., gov't mule, ian neville, Ivan Neville, jamband, jennifer hartswick, john scofield, lettuce, music festival, Nigel hall, Rebecca Todd, Ryan Zoidis, sosmp, spirit of suwannee music park, Suwanee Amphitheater Stage, suwannee, Suwannee amp jams, The Headhunters, tony hall, wanee, wanee festival, warren haynes

The ever-stunning Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s latest soiree Suwannee Amp Jam provided a terrific throwback experience that left cups overflowing and fans feeling emotionally fulfilled.

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GET UP! Lettuce Kicks Off Co-Headlining Tour With GZA In Cali [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 30, 2025February 2, 2025 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, GZA, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce get up! tour 2025, live band hip-hop, Nigel hall, phunky nomads, Ryan Zoidis, wu-tang clan

The sextet blasted off for three consecutive shows in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Oakland, traversing south to north and teaming up with Wu-Tang Clan elder statesman GZA for a co-headline situation.

The Upful LIFE Ep.083 – The Return of NIGEL HALL [Lettuce, solo, duo w/ DJ Harrison]

December 21, 2024January 5, 2025 B.Getz addiction podcast, butcher brown, DJ harrison, funk, lettuce, Nigel hall, recovery podcast, regime music group, sobriety

Unplanned and improvised on the fly, this spirited conversation was taped during day one of Suwannee Hulaween 2024. Nigel and B celebrate their friendaversary in the place and space where it all began, Spirit of Suwannee Music Park.

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Splintered Sunlight On The Suwannee: A Look Back At Hulaween 2024 [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 11, 2024November 12, 2024 B.Getz black pumas, bob weir, chase & status, CloZee, dave tipper, DRO!D, Dumpstaphunk, eazybaked, Elephant Proof, funk, guavatron, House of Lost, hulaween, hulaween 2024, jamband, Jason Hann, justin jay, Killer Mike, L!GHTBRUSH, lettuce, Mike Dillon and Punkadelick, mildlife, mzg, nala, of the trees, ravenscoon, sauce pocket, say she she, SCI, Soukii, spirit of suwannee music park, String Cheese Incident, Sublime, suwannee hulaween, the ain't sisters, Tipper, Toubab Krewe

With a festival industry reeling on the heels of numerous cancellations, then not one but two massive hurricanes storming the southeastern U.S. inside of one month, Suwannee Hulaween was fortunate to survive these economic and environmental conditions to once again thrive in 2024.

Lettuce Celebrates The Legacy Of Frankie Beverly With Student Musicians At Philadelphia High School [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 2, 2024 B.Getz frankie beverly, frankie beverly and maze, franklin learning center high school, Instrumental Band, lettuce, lettucefunk, maze, maze featuring frankie beverly, Modern Band program, Nigel hall, philadelphia, Philadelphia High School, philly

In between a pair of concerts in the City of Brotherly Love, Grammy-nominated future-funk pioneers Lettuce dropped in on some talented teenage musicians from Franklin Learning Center High School.

CANNIFEST 2024 – Humboldt County Throws A Proper Party

September 17, 2024October 7, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, cannabis, cannabis and music, cannabis culture, cannifest, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, ganja, graffiti, hip hop, humboldt county, lettuce, live art wall, Nigel hall, object heavy, Oteil Burbridge, Shira Elias, The Nth Power, weed

Each year on the weekend after Labor Day, the renowned NorCal cannabis community cultivates a colorful, multi-faceted soiree in the mainland marijuana Mecca of Humboldt County, and they call it CANNIFEST.

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WE’RE GONNA GROOVE TONIGHT: NOLA Jazz Fest Remains The Spice of Life [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, alex wasily, blue nile, Eric Benny Bloom, eric krasno, george porter jr., ian neville, Ivan Neville, jazz fest after dark, Jazz Fest Fairgrounds, lettuce, Maple Leaf Bar, Midnight Preserves, Music Box Village, Nels Cline, New Orleans, Nick Daniels III, Nikki Glaspie, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, papa mali, preservation hall, Queen Latifah, raja kassis, skerik, soul brass band, stanton moore, The Headhunters, the iceman special, The Nth Power, Tipitina's, tony hall, Toubab Krewe, weedie braimah and the hands of time, wil blades

For 20 years since the turn of the millennium, I’ve been fortunate to immerse myself in the most historic—and vibrant—musical mecca in the country, an amateur musicologist embedded in her bountiful bosom.

Upful LIFE Favorite Records of 2023… and More! Curated by B.Getz [Reviews/Playlists]

December 22, 2023January 19, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch quartet, album of the year, bedouin, best albums 2023, best albums 2023 playlist, best records 2023, billy iuso, Borahm Lee, CleoSol, detox unit, dimond saints, DJ Williams, ECHT!, eddie roberts, eric hilton and Natalia Clavier, ethno, everything but the girl, favorite albums, favorite albums 2023, goopsteppa, Ivan Neville, kali uchis, karina rykman, kercha, king canyon, lespecial, lettuce, Mike Dillon and Punkadelick, movie club, nik greeley, Peter Levin, polyrhythmics, sari jordan, say she she, shafiq husayn, Soul Supreme, the iceman special, the rumble featuring chief joseph boudreaux jr., Towne and Stevens, viken arman, yoofee

This colossal compendium includes 23 original albums (LPs & EPs) reviewed, with another 23 terrific records recommended. Plus a hefty slab of singles/B-sides, dope DJ sets/mixtapes, and smattering of official live releases. Curated by B.Getz

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Sweet Dreams Are Hulaween: A 10th Anniversary Celebration At Suwannee [B.Getz & M.B. on L4LM]

November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 B.Getz col. claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, cosmic collective, frick frack blackjack, goose, House of Lost, hula, hulaween, hulaween 2023, jennifer hartswick, Jenth Power, Lab Group, Les Claypool, lespecial, lettuce, lost creations, mzg, SCI, Sneezy, spirit of suwannee music park, String Cheese Incident, suwannee, suwannee hulaween, Tand, The Nth Power, trey anastasio, Trey anastasio band, VEIL

Having just celebrated the 10th anniversary at the incomparable Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL over the last weekend of October, Hulaween proved a remarkable achievement in a crowded, homogenized industry, and a consistent crown jewel of contemporary festival culture.

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D'ANGELO sophomore LP & magnum opus 'Voodoo' was bequeathed to the world on this day in the year 2000."Like so many of us, music possesses my every day – almost every waking moment – to seek, learn, research, understand, and share. It’s precisely why I’ve chosen to devote my life to writing about music culture and associated experiences. As such, I’ve spent twenty-plus years, not just listening to D’Angelo, but studying him. Researching him. Devouring any and all material, articles, videos, and the recent documentary film on a weekly, and sometimes daily basis. I am somewhat obsessed, and I am not afraid to admit it. He’s a once in a lifetime talent, artist and performer. If James Brown was the Father, and Prince the Son, then D’Angelo is the Holy Ghost. He is our R&B Jesus. And Voodoo is his greatest Testimony. Mine too." -bgAn excerpt from 'MY REDEEMER', a deep dive on my favorite record of all time. Originally published Jan. 2020READ --> upfullife.com/voodoo2020/@thedangelo #dangelo #voodoo ... See MoreSee Less

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