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A San Francisco Treat: Nicholas Payton, Otis McDonald, and Wil Blades Team Up In The Bay [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 27, 2023July 31, 2023 B.Getz BAM, Bay Area, funk, jazz trio, joe bagale, keys jazz bistro, nicholas payton, Nigel hall, otis mcdonald, rnb, san francisco, soul, wil blades

In a rare coalescing of supernatural talents, the stalwart squadron of Nicholas Payton, Wil Blades, and Otis McDonald linked up for a two-night engagement at Keys Jazz Bistro in the North Beach section of San Francisco.

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Lettuce Stages Fiery Four-Night Run At Blue Note NYC With Buckshot, Brand Nubian, Mike Stern [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 19, 2023June 22, 2023 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, black moon, Blue Note, blue note new york, brand nubian, buckshot, Eric Benny Bloom, grand puba, jesus coomes, lettuce, lord jamar, mike stern, Nigel hall, rashawn ross, Ryan Zoidis

Reverence, respect, lineage, and legacy were on lustrous display last weekend at the venerable Blue Note New York, as Lettuce returned to the famed venue for the first time since 2018.

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Diary Of A Mad Band: LETTUCE Completes West Coast Run In Lake Tahoe & San Francisco [B.Getz on L4LM]

February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Bay Area, CBC, Crystal Bay Casino, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, funk it blog, instrumental hip-hop, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce unify, lettuce west coast tour, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul, The Fillmore, unify

Celebrating 30 years since first coalescing as a collective in early-’90s Boston, and two decades on from the famed tour that gave us Live in Tokyo, Lettuce is still mining new avenues of creative progression and elevating their craft.

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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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Field Notes From The Underground At Suwannee Hulaween 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 6, 2022November 8, 2022 B.Getz A Hundred Drums, butcher brown, cimafunk, danielle ponder, future joy, hula, hula 2022, hwoofer, lettuce, lost creations, lpt, mzg, Nigel hall, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee hulaween, the iceman special, Toubab Krewe, wednesday night titans

For 2022’s iteration, instead of focusing on the headliners, hosts, and household names, this more succinct review will shine a light on some of the smaller stages and underground artists that graced Suwannee Hulaween.

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Bump City: Lettuce Unifies Tower Of Power And The Colorado Symphony At Red Rocks [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 27, 2022July 28, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, colorado, colorado symphony orchestra, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, funk band, FunkCity.net, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce with the colorado symphony, Nigel hall, red rocks, red rocks amphitheatre, Ryan Zoidis, tower of power

On a glorious midsummer evening in Morrison, Colorado, future-funk-hop collective Lettuce and pioneering East Bay funk/soul icons Tower of Power took over the palatial Red Rocks Amphitheatre, both bands augmented by the 60-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra. ‘

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.058: NATE EDGAR [bass- The Nth Power, ex-John Brown’s Body]

July 14, 2022 B.Getz bass guitar, bassist, funk, john brown's body, kofi burbridge, music podcast, musician interview, nate edgar, nick cassarino, Nigel hall, Nikki Glaspie, reggae, resonance, soul, spirituality, The Nth Power, Wally's, weedie braimah

Welcome virtuosic bassist NATE EDGAR of THE NTH POWER to Ep.058! Nate is a helluva player, and he takes us inside his process, influences, mindset, and intentions as a bassist, band member, brother, and low-end medicine man.

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LETT The World Know: Lettuce Drops 8th Studio Album, ‘Unify’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 3, 2022June 7, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Bootsy Collins, deitch beats don't quit, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, Keep That Funk Alive, KTFA, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce unify, lettuce unify album, lettuce unify album review, lettucefunk, Nick Daniels III, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, shmeeans, William "Bootsy" Collins, Zoid

Psychedelic funk-hop pioneers Lettuce hoo-ride back into town with their eighth full-length LP, the appropriately-titled Unify.

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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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Upful LIFE’s 21 Favorite Records of 2021… & MORE!

December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, anderson .paak, best album playlist, best albums, best records, Bruno Mars, charlesthefirst, DJ harrison, Durand Jones & the Indications, favorite albums, favorite records 2021, flamingosis, gone gone beyond, judith hill, Menahan Street Band, movie club, neal francis, Nigel hall, Nightmares on Wax, nubya garcia, rising appalachia, SAULT, Silk Sonic, Terrace Martin, The Nth Power, ultimate fantastic, weedie braimah, WRD

Upful Life’s annual favorite records of the year feature is here. An exhaustive look back at the year in released music. 42 albums, 21 songs, plus DJ mixes and live records. Curated by B.Getz

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"After many moons spent prioritizing other projects, in late 2020 Kruder & Dorfmeister leapt back into the global electronic music zeitgeist with glorious return to the golden days, a full length LP '1995', sourced entirely from various dusty DAT tapes and smoked-out samples thought lost to the cutting room floor.The duo planned a US tour behind this comeback release - before the pandemic hit the whole world for a long, forgettable stretch and lucid dreams of debauched dancefloors were put on ice for a few years.To close out a confounding summer 2023 here in the States, Austria’s classiest export Kruder & Dorfmeister would finally come back to the shores and cities of America; better yet, they’d kick things off with three throwdowns in the desert, no less. As such, the stage was set for a monumental return to a country where K&D remain beloved kings – by those seasoned (old?) enough to remember.What had happened was…"Upful Life ... See MoreSee Less

Dispatches From KRUDER & DORFMEISTER's 30th Anniversary U.S. Tour - Black Rock City To The Bay

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A quarter-century of extreme fandom comes full circle as Kruder & Dorfmeister's 30th Anniversary US Tour finally delivers them to the Black Rock desert, then back to the city by the Bay. B.Getz's diar...

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