Throwing a festival in this day and age is even more of an ambitious, frustrating, and confounding undertaking than it ever was before the age of pandemic. The fact that Suwannee Hulaween 2021 even happened at all was a miracle in itself, yet somehow the fest managed to manifest something as magical as ever.
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Episode 013 of *The Upful Life Podcast* welcomes very special guest Shira Elias of Turkuaz ! We caught up with the vixen vocalist on a SF tour stop in
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A longtime adopted fave of West Coast funk and jam audiences, Brooklyn’s Turkuaz returned to the Bay Area on February 2nd with a scintillating performance.
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words: B.Getz At the end of every year, going back to my youth- when I religiously read the likes of
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The mighty nine-piece funk extravaganza Turkuaz needs no introduction around these parts, but their longtime guitarist Craig Brodhead deserves some recognition that is long overdue. On the far right, the man in white is a key contributor to Turkuaz’s kaleidoscopic brew, bringing tasty licks and a certain restraint—always serving the song on his axe or a synth, no matter how large or small his part might be.
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Michelangelo Carubba is a renaissance man. Powering the engine inside Turkuaz’s kaleidoscope of groove, the drummer is the beating heart of funk personified. Turkuaz recently came up for air amid a summer tour de force, but alas, no rest for the wicked.
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Sitting down with Shira Elias, the magnificent vocalist in rising stars Turkuaz.
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