![The Upful LIFE Podcast 098: MIKE RIVARD [bass/sintir: Club d’Elf] + LONNIE MARSHALL [bass/vox: Weapon of Choice, daKAH, Joe Strummer]](https://www.upfullife.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mike-Rivard-CLUB-dELF-Twitter-Post-800x445.png "The Upful LIFE Podcast 098: MIKE RIVARD [bass/sintir: Club d’Elf] + LONNIE MARSHALL [bass/vox: Weapon of Choice, daKAH, Joe Strummer]")
Jay Z was/is one of my favorite emcees of all time. However, I must acknowledge that I’ve become more & more disillusioned with Shawn Carter, i.e. the billionaire business, man.
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Episode 098 brings a double dose of low end theory, welcoming a pioneering pair of underground bass legends percolating on opposite coasts, both cats boasting decades in the game and deep in the streets, with the catalogues and collaborators to prove it.
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I had the privilege to catch Sonny Rollins once. A few reflections from that day in the Crescent City fifteen years ago. Salute Sonny Rollins, a king among men! Rest in eternal melody.
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For years, Stark has operated as an esteemed carrier of medicine songs and archetypal stories, pulling esoteric soundscapes from celestial spaces straight into the raw intimacy of human performance. This latest excursion represents a fearless dive into a complete, multi-dimensional world.
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Throughout their career, Lettuce has always considered NOLA a home away from home, forging familial relationships to make music—and history—together. These feelings have been mutual and reciprocal since the band’s earliest days visiting the Bayou.
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In the vibrant, horn-heavy heart of New Orleans, an enigmatic new squad is bubbling up from the underground club scene. Introducing ATOM CAT.
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With two critically acclaimed albums under their belt: breakout debut Call of the Wild and the lush, expansive canvas of 2023’s Dreamtime, Curawaka is poised for further global glory with latest single and music video, “OLOKUN”.
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Veteran drummer and percussionist JOHN SPEICE, prominently based in the Austin scene. Best known for work with Grammy-winning Latin ensemble Grupo Fantasma and its psychedelic-funk offshoot Brownout, more recently Money Chicha. Episode also features JOHNNY WOODSTOCK.
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This sacred songbook and chosen family is a living, breathing, ever-evolving organism. The hallowed room was a swirling kaleidoscopic maze of hallway spinners, tie-dyed OGs wiggling slack-jawed, and a younger generation frozen in total awe.
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Episode 096 welcomes three-headed prog-tronic hydra lespecial, plus enigmatic bass-wizard Yheti, for an expansive deep dive into their mind-bending collaborative portal – LIMINOID. Framed through the lens of “A Year in the Life of lespecial”.
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