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Introducing STARLING ARROW: Journey Into The Songwriters Circle That Blossomed Into A Supergroup [B.Getz on L4LM]

March 20, 2023March 26, 2023 B.Getz a capella folk, ayla nereo, chloe smith, cradle, future folk, leah song, marya stark, rising appalachia, starling arrow, starling arrow cradle, starling arrow debut album, starling arrow supergroup, tina malia

Starling Arrow mines hymns from collaborative inspiration, instinctively directing the songs towards beauty sui generis—a gumbo of traditional folk, devotional, and contemporary styles.

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Upful LIFE’s Favorite Records of 2022 & More! [Reviews + Playlists]

December 24, 2022January 28, 2023 B.Getz 2022 favorite albums, 2022 favorite records, 2022 favorite songs, Adrian Queasada, best albums 2022, best albums of the year, best live albums, best records 2022, Black Thought, butcher brown, danielle ponder, DJ sets, DOMI & JD Beck, dub reggae, dubstep, electronic music, favorite albums, favorite albums of the year, favorite music releases, favorite songs, funk, hip hop, independent artist, instrumental hip-hop, jamband, jazz, jazz funk, king gizzard, lettucefunk, lo fi, music journalism, R&B, rising appalachia, SAULT, soul, stoner house, SZA, Tipper, underground rap

6th annual year-end compendium of albums, singles, EPs, DJ sets, and live releases of 2022. Includes Spotify and Soundcloud playlists. Curated by B.Getz

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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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Looking Back On The Magic Of The Inaugural Park City Song Summit [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 10, 2022October 12, 2022 B.Getz addiction, Aida Victoria, Anders Osborne, backline, ben anderson, Bonny Light Horseman, daniel donato, dopey, dopey podcast, Ivan Neville, Jason Isbell, jay blakesberg, john bukaty, keller williams grateful gospel, mental health, mental health awareness, park city song summit, recovery, rising appalachia, suwannee rising

Boasting intimate club performances by night juxtaposed with raw, personal panel discussions and illuminating long-form interviews by day, Park City Song Summit did its best to bathe and bask in the “power and myth of song.”

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Resilient Against The Machine: Rising Appalachia Returns To Berkeley [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 B.Getz Berkeley, biko casini, chloe smith, david brown, duncan wickel, leah song, rising app, rising appalachia, Rising Appalachia tour, UC Theatre

Embarking on their first extended West Coast run in a few years, Rising Appalachia returned to the UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA for a thrilling concert on Thursday, July 28th. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and the masses turned out in droves to gratefully receive Leah Song and Chloe Smith along with the tremendous trio behind them.

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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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Gone Gone Beyond ‘2030’: A Conversation With The Human Experience, David Block [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 19, 2021March 21, 2023 B.Getz bass music, burning man, david block, EDM, electronic music, future folk, gone gone beyond, musician interview, musicology, rising appalachia, soul visions, the human experience, west coast festivals

Block’s international future-folk quartet Gone Gone Beyond recently released its stunning third full-length LP, 2030, to rave reviews from rabid fans and a chorus of critical acclaim.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep.047: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE- David Block (Gone Gone Beyond)

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 B.Getz bass music, burning man, david block, festival culture, future folk, global bass, gone gone beyond, music podcast, musician interview, rising appalachia, soul visions, the human experience, world bass

Welcome THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE- DAVID BLOCK (solo electronic producer + Gone Gone Beyond) to Episode 047! A dancefloor General, prince of the piano, soundtrack to the squish, or conductor around the campfire, David wears myriad musical and intellectual hats.

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Max Ribner Taps An All-Star Global Krewe For Multi-Hued LP, ‘1st Language’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

March 19, 2021July 9, 2021 B.Getz 1st language, acid jazz, bobby sparks II, elijah ray, free jazz, garrett sayers, jans ingber, jarrod lawson, jazz, max ribner, rising appalachia, trumpet

Trumpet maestro Max Ribner boldly connects with masterful musicians from cultures around the world to reveal a spiritual sum greater than its star-studded parts.

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Upful LIFE’s 19 Favorite Records of 2019

December 19, 2019December 26, 2019 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch quartet, anderson .paak, best albums, best albums of 2019, best records of 2019, black pumas, blood incantation, detox unit, dr. dre, earthgang, eric krasno, favorite albums of 2019, flying lotus, gang starr, GoldLink, handmade moments, jidenna, jumpsuit records, kaytranada, khris royal, kraz, lettuce, melas leukos, OAKK, okayplayer, rising appalachia, russ elevado, shafiq husayn, solange, solange knowles, tool

Reviews/reflections of 19 records that resonated most in 2019, plus 19 more Honorable Mentions. Stream links & playlist. Curated/composed by B.Getz / Upful LIFE

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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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