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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 ~

The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.093 : POLYRHYTHMICS vol.2 [Ben Bloom – gtr, Grant Schroff aka Champagne Bubblebath – drums]

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 B.Getz afrobeat, ben bloom, champagne bubblebath, D.C. Go-Go, drummer interview, funk, funk band, grant schroff, guitarist interview, jamband, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, polyrhythmics, polyrhythmics life from below, seattle, Second Line, soul

Episode 093 welcomes back POLYRHYTHMICS, the fantastically-funky septet primarily based in Seattle, but these days steadily spreading their net further and wider than ever before.

FOR THE FUNK OF IT Music Festival 2024 Joyfully Returns Home To Belden Town [Photo Gallery & Wrap-Up]

August 13, 2024August 23, 2024 B.Getz Belden Town, Collectivity, Cool Cool Cool, For The Funk Of It Music Festival, funk, Oakdelic, polyrhythmics, Suika T, The Exchange, The Nth Power

Celebrating its 8th annual edition, the all-funk extravaganza made good on their promise to deliver the funkiest party on the West Coast.

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

The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.059 : POLYRHYTHMICS [Ben Bloom, guitar – Jason Gray, bass]

August 19, 2022August 21, 2022 B.Getz afrobeat, ben bloom, funk, jason gray, jazz, live music, music festival, music podcast, musician interview, polyrhythmics, seattle, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee, suwannee rising

Welcome BEN BLOOM and JASON GRAY of POLYRHYTHMICS! This wide-ranging conversation took place on the Sunday of Suwannee Rising, after the band dropped a pair of scorching sets on SOSMP

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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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