NOLA - The Upful Life

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.069 – KARINA RYKMAN Returns! [bass/vox] + BRIAN SWISLOW [Object Heavy]

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 B.Getz Brian Swislow, bryce goggin, dance-pop, funk, jamband, joyride, joyride album, karina rykman, karina rykman joyride, marco benevento, music podcast, musician interview, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, nyc, object heavy, peach festival, soul, synth-pop, trey anastasio

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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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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I Can’t Breathe: Khris Royal On His Striking Collab With Nigel Hall, Kid Chocolate, Big Sam [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 B.Getz big sam williams, dark matter, i can't breathe, khris royal, New Orleans, Nigel hall, NOLA

During the hot, dark, angry Covid-summer of 2020, Royal was hard at work on the stirring new single “I Can’t Breathe”, a collaboration that is rooted in the realities of the Black American experience.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Episode 017: BILLY IUSO (BIRN, GPJ, Anders) / ERIC BENNY BLOOM (Lettuce, ex-Pretty Lights A.F.B.)

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 B.Getz Anders Osborne, billy iuso, BIRN, Elevate, Eric Benny Bloom, george porter jr., jazz, lettuce, lettucefunk, New Orleans, new orleans jazz & heritage festival, NOLA, Shady Horns

Episode 017 of *The Upful Life Podcast* gets Big Easy-busy with two crucial members of the Crescent City committee, as I sit down with NOLA-based

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Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing, Baby: A Love Letter to NOLA Jazz Fest 50 (B.Getz on L4LM)

May 20, 2019 B.Getz Jazz Fest, jazzfest, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest

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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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Episode 016: ROBERT WALTER (Greyboy Allstars / RW20 / Mike Gordon) & JESSE PAIGE (Owner: Blue Nile NOLA)

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 B.Getz blue nile, greyboy allstars, Jazz Fest, music journalism, music podcast, New Orleans, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, robert walter, robert walter's 20th congress, the quickening

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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Foundation of Funk: Live at LOCK’N 2018 (Full Show VIDEO)

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 B.Getz dead, dead & company, funk, george porter jr., Grateful dead, LOCKN, Neville Brothers, NOLA, The Meters, zigaboo

Foundation of Funk featuring members of Dead & Company live from LOCK’N 2018. FOF Includes George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, Ian, Ivan, and Cyril Neville, plus Tony Hall.

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Jazz Fest 2012 After Dark (B.Getz on JamBase)

May 21, 2012February 21, 2023 B.Getz funk, jazz fest after dark, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, Tipitina's

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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LOMBARDI GRAS! NOLA Funks Up Carnival 2010 – [B.Getz on JamBase]

March 1, 2010February 20, 2023 B.Getz adam deitch, Dr. Klaw, eric krasno, galactic, george porter jr., ian neville, lombardi gras, mardi gras, NOLA, Tipitina's, Trombone SHorty

Despite the frigid temperatures, this city was as hot as ever, with deafening chants of “Who Dat?” reverberating night and day, bouncing off walls of venues, up and down parade routes, at dinner tables and tailgates.

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