Features 3 - The Upful Life

The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.076: AGENT 23 – Granola Funk Express [mc/educator/Grammy-winning artist – SECRET AGENT 23 SKIDOO]

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 B.Getz adam strange, agent 23, asheville, eric krasno, foul mouth jerk, gfe, Grammy Awards, granola funk express, iamavl, secret agency, Special Agent 23 Skidoo

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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Dreamstate Patrol: A Deep Dive Duet On Resonate Suwannee 2024 [B.Getz w/ Dalia J. on L4LM]

April 15, 2024April 17, 2024 B.Getz afrobeta, Booty Boo, chromeo, cimafunk, dimond saints, Dumpstaphunk, future joy, Ghost Note, lespecial, Maddy O'Neal, mark farina, new mastersounds, papadosio, sauce pocket, sts9, sunsquabi, vlad the inhaler

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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Brad “Scarface” Jordan: ‘Behind The Desk Experience’ Delivers Big In The Bay [B.Getz on L4LM]

March 31, 2024April 4, 2024 B.Getz Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Geto Boys, hip hop, Houston, live band hip-hop, NPR TIny Desk Experience, san francisco, Scarface

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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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.075: KRUDER & DORFMEISTER

February 19, 2024March 12, 2024 B.Getz acid jazz, black rock city, burning man, DJ, DJ/Producer, downtempo, G-Stone, K&D, K&D Sessions, kruder and dorfmeister, kruder dorfmeister, music podcast, musician interview, Peace Orchestra, peter kruder, richard dorfmeister, sampling, Tosca, turntablism

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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Brooklyn’s SAY SHE SHE Sizzles & Gets Political At Sold-Out Hopmonk In Novato, CA [REVIEW]

February 12, 2024February 15, 2024 B.Getz hopmonk tavern, Nya Gazelle Brown, ORGONE, orgone band, Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, say she she, say she she 2024, say she she live, say she she prism, say she she silver, say she she tour, Sergio Rios

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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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.074: ROGERS STEVENS [guitarist/co-founder BLIND MELON]

January 12, 2024January 15, 2024 B.Getz blind melon, blind melon band, blind melon soup, New Orleans, rogers stevens, shannon hoon, soup, Towne and Stevens

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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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

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.073: MARYA STARK [singer-songwriter] + WREN LIZABETH [herbalist- The NOHM Co.]

December 21, 2023January 4, 2024 B.Getz elixir bar, folk, jill trashley, marya stark, marya stark weightless, permaculture, permaculture action network, singer-songwriter, starling arrow, sustainability, temple of the muse, The NOHM Co., wren lizabeth

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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CHIEF GOT A NEW SUIT: The Rumble Eyes Grammy Glory With Debut LP, ‘Live At The Maple Leaf’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 19, 2023December 22, 2023 B.Getz ari teitel, aurielien barnes, best regional roots album grammy, black masking, carnival, crescent city, funk, GRAMMY, Grammy 2024, Grammy Awards, live at the maple leaf, Maple Leaf Bar, mardi gras, mardi gras indians, New Orleans, NOLA, Recording Academy, the rumble, the rumble featuring chief joseph boudreaux jr., uptown new orleans, yano

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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PEACE OF MIND: A Peek Inside ‘Scatterbrain’, NIK GREELEY’s Latest Solo EP [REVIEW / STREAM]

November 30, 2023December 2, 2023 B.Getz funk, nik greeley, philadelphia, philly, scatterbrain, scatterbrain EP, soul

After life’s curveballs sent him scramblin’ like Randall searching for some answers, Philly-based funk/soul frontman extraordinaire Nik Greeley blasts back onto the scene with the Scatterbrain EP.