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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.072: ALEX WASILY [Dumpstaphunk, Francis Comes Alive, very good trombonist]

November 21, 2023November 25, 2023 B.Getz alex wasily, chicago, Dumpstaphunk, francis comes alive, los angeles, neal francis, New Orleans, Nikki Glaspie, trombone, trombonist, very good cocktails, very good mondays

#VeryGood trombonist with NOLA institution Dumpstaphunk since 2016; musical director of Francis Comes Alive, Neal Francis new 11-piece big band experience and concert film.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – 070: PAPA MALI [solo, 7 Walkers, Shantytown Underground,] + RIP Russell Batiste Jr.

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 B.Getz austin, Brad Houser, funk, jamaica, killer bees, kingston, kingston jamaica, New Orleans, new orleans funk, NOLA, papa mali, R&B, rasta, rastafari, reggae, RIP Brad Houser, RIP Russell Batiste Jr., russell batiste jr., soul, texas

Based in NOLA for the past dozen years, Papa Mali is a certified rock n’ roll troubadour, having lived several musical lives in numerous locales across the past half-century. A conversation brimming with detailed ruminations and colorful pointifications. A living breathing chameleonic musicologist in our midst.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.068: FRENCHY [NOLA-based live painter, pioneer]

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 B.Getz brandon tarricone, brotherhood of groove, derrick smoker, espn, frenchy, frenchy live painter, frenchylive, george porter jr., heavy metal horns, henley douglas, james andrews, jaques-imos, Jazz Fest, Maple Leaf Bar, morning 40 federation, new england patriots, New Orleans, new orleans saints, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, oak street, soul brass band, super bowl

Based in NOLA, this icon of live-painting in both music/festival culture(s) and pro sports is renowned around the world for his stunning version of acousti-optics. Frenchy’s joyful, freestyle process and pioneering visual art set the bar sky high for a quarter century to come, and continues to elevate and innovate to this day.

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Lagniappe Love: NOLA’s The Iceman Special Makes Spectacular San Francisco Debut [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 B.Getz Bay Area, boom boom room, New Orleans, swamp funk, the iceman special, tv broken 3rd eye open

The Iceman Special swarmed the storied SF venue on the group’s first-ever West Coast run, dropping a blistering, iridescent performance before leaving town toting a gang of new devotees.

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LETT ME RIDE: Lettuce Wraps Southeast Run In Mobile & NOLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 26, 2022November 29, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce tour, mobile, New Orleans, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul kitchen, Tipitina's, unify, unify tour

Future-funk-hop pioneers Lettuce stormed the Southeast in mid-November, lookin’ live on arrival and feelin’ so fresh ‘n’ so clean.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep.061 with LEAH SONG of RISING APPALACHIA

October 16, 2022October 18, 2022 B.Getz chloe smith, global soul, leah song, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, park city song summit, pres hall, preservation hall, rising app, rising appalachia, rising appalachia music, Rising Appalachia tour

Live & direct from the Park City Song Summit with the sensational LEAH SONG ! An 80+ minute deep dive with one-half of the siren sisters Rising Appalachia. Explore the passions, pathways and pillars that built the bedrock of their unicorn sound.

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A Blissful Blast Back To NOLA Jazz Fest 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 19, 2022June 12, 2022 B.Getz butcher brown, covid, covid-19, dinner party, Dumpstaphunk, Eric Benny Bloom, george porter jr., Ivan Neville, Jazz Fest, jesus coomes, JOhn Medeski, lettuce, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Nigel hall, robert glasper, Ryan Zoidis, skerik, soul brass band, Tipitina's, worship my organ

Jazz Fest is an unparalleled experience of live American roots music, international sounds, delectable regional cuisine, and a whirlwind dose of Bayou culture all rolled up into one satiating pilgrimage and celebration.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep. 056: SKERIK [saxophonist: Garage a Trois, Bastard Jazz, Emerald Quintet, Critters Buggin, DRKWAV, Syncopated Taint Septet, Frog Brigade, Lorbo, Ponga, Omaha Diner, Dead Kenny G’s, MORE!]

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, Bandalabra, bobby previte, charlie hunter, chris cornell, col. claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, critters buggin, garage a trois, Grunge, Jazz Fest, John Hassell, JOhn Medeski, keyboards, layne staley, Les Claypool, Lorbo, mad season, Mark Lanegan, mike dillon, Moog, New Orleans, Ponga, saxophone, seattle, Seattle jazz, skerik, Skerik Band, Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, stanton moore, synth, synths

Brilliant on both tenor and baritone saxophone, most often mixing in electronics, effects, and loops, Skerik is nothing short of a pioneer in saxophonics.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.055: The Return of WEEDIE BRAIMAH (djembefola, Hands of Time, Nth Power, Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah)

March 26, 2022March 29, 2022 B.Getz Africa, baba olatunju, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, cory henry, djembe, djembefola, east st. africa, east st. louis, Ghana, hand drummer, luke quaranta, music podcast, musician interview, musicology, New Orleans, percussion, percussionist, raja kassis, ropeadope records, stretch music, The Nth Power, Trombone SHorty, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., weedie braimah, weedie braimah and the hands of time

Welcome back the great Weedie Braimah to Ep.055! An educational, inspirational, international deep dive with a man who is sworn to the drum.

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SOSMP ‘Funky Mardi Gras Maskerade’ Revisited: Oteil Burbridge, Dumpstaphunk & Paul Levine

February 19, 2021March 3, 2021 B.Getz Dumpstaphunk, Ivan Neville, live oak, mardi gras, New Orleans, Oteil Burbridge, sosmp, spirit of suwannee, spirit of suwannee music park, tony hall

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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