Emerging from the ashes of this traumatic, dehumanizing spell: a phoenix of deeply personal compositions that would eventually comprise Amnesty, Anna Moss’s solo debut LP released in March 2024 via Empire Records.
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Agent 23 aka Cactus aka Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, welcome to The Upful Life Podcast! A founding member of pioneering Asheville-based live hip-hop collective Granola Funk Express (GFE). A progenitor of “family hip-hop” with his Secret Agent 23 Skidoo project, which took home a Grammy in 2019 for Best Children’s Album. Cactus is a published author of several books, and a prolific educator around the country for kids of all ages and backgrounds.
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For a certain brand of festival-goer, springtime at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is pretty close to heaven on earth.
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On this rainy NorCal Saturday night, the sage wordsmith would take the Bay Area fans on a deeply personal journey through trials, tribulations, spiritual reckonings, fallen family, and voices in his head—all dictated through the voluminous Scarface songbook.
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Live n’ direct from their studio in Vienna, Austria, iconic electronic producer/DJ duo KRUDER AND DORFMEISTER tap into The Upful LIFE Podcast for Episode 075. Colorful, humorous, poignant, a career-spanning joyride in the wayback machine with a pair of global pioneers.
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With a glistening mirrorball twirling atop a bustling dancefloor, Brooklyn-based phenoms SAY SHE SHE sauntered into the sleepy North Bay town of Novato on a February Tuesday, touring in support of magnificent sophomore LP Silver.
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Welcome ROGERS STEVENS, guitarist/co-founder of Blind Melon – as well as Towne & Stevens – to Episode 073! A dream come true for your host, an unabashed lifelong Blind Melon fanatic. Rogers joins the pod from his cozy home studio just outside Philadelphia for a 90-min conversation about his career – past, present, and future.
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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
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Welcome to Episode 073 a magnificent multi-instrumentalist, multimedia enchantress, self-confessed storyteller, bard, and muse! The great MARYA STARK sits down for a career-spanning conversation. A second, equally-illuminating chat follows with WREN LIZABETH, an herbalist, permaculturist, and educator, founder of alternative holistic health/self-care collective The NOHM Co., & elixir line The MerTails.
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Fusing Mardi Gras Indian culture with swaggering Bayou funk in a defiant, delicious gumbo, The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. is among the more exhilarating bands to bubble up from New Orleans onto the national landscape in some time.
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