Karina Rykman slides thru the pod for a candid and colorful conversation, revealing how her career has evolved and exploded since we last spoke. A detailed unpacking of the creation and manifestation of her record, headlining tour, and musical partnerships. Plus B.Swiz from Object Heavy!
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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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Hard to believe it’s been 50 years of epic for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, yet here we are in 2019 celebrating the silver anniversary of this life-affirming institution
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Episode 016 of *The Upful LIFE Podcast* features a thoughtful conversation with stalwart keyboardist ROBERT WALTER, founding member of The Greyboy Allstars, leader of his
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Episode 015 of *The Upful LIFE Podcast* features the one and only EDDIE ROBERTS, guitarist/founder of New Mastersounds, and more recently, of Matador! Soul Sounds. Eddie
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By: B. Getz (with additional reporting from Scott T. Horowitz) Jazz Fest After Dark :: 05.03.12-05.06.12 :: New Orleans, LA There is
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Regardless of how or why, in 2005 the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival blossomed into an enormous, energetic Second Weekend. A combination of a behemoth lineup, both by day and by night, and three headlining titans of the jam scene brought standard tour types to party alongside the seasoned Jazz Festers.
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