Features 8 - The Upful Life

Lagniappe Love: NOLA’s The Iceman Special Makes Spectacular San Francisco Debut [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 B.Getz Bay Area, boom boom room, New Orleans, swamp funk, the iceman special, tv broken 3rd eye open

The Iceman Special swarmed the storied SF venue on the group’s first-ever West Coast run, dropping a blistering, iridescent performance before leaving town toting a gang of new devotees.

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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.063: DAVID MANHEIN of DOPEY PODCAST [dark comedy on drugs-addiction-recovery]

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022 B.Getz addiction, dave from dopey, David Manheim, dopey, dopey dave, dopey podcast, Dopeycon, drug addiction, drug rehab, drugs, recovery, recovery podcast

Please welcome back to the show Dave from Dopey Podcast – now going by his gov’t: David Manheim. His program is a dark comedy on “drugs, addiction, recovery, and dumb sh*t.” For his second appearance on this program, we dropped in pretty deep. Recorded Sept.2022, on the last evening of the Park City Song Summit in Utah.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast ep.062: DAN CHARNAS [author/journalist – Dilla Time book, NYU professor]

November 30, 2022 B.Getz dan charnas, dilla, dilla book, Dilla TIme book, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, dlla time, j dilla, james yancey, jay dee

Welcome DAN CHARNAS! His latest book – Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm is a New York Times Bestseller.

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LETT ME RIDE: Lettuce Wraps Southeast Run In Mobile & NOLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 26, 2022November 29, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce tour, mobile, New Orleans, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul kitchen, Tipitina's, unify, unify tour

Future-funk-hop pioneers Lettuce stormed the Southeast in mid-November, lookin’ live on arrival and feelin’ so fresh ‘n’ so clean.

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Field Notes From The Underground At Suwannee Hulaween 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 6, 2022November 8, 2022 B.Getz A Hundred Drums, butcher brown, cimafunk, danielle ponder, future joy, hula, hula 2022, hwoofer, lettuce, lost creations, lpt, mzg, Nigel hall, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee hulaween, the iceman special, Toubab Krewe, wednesday night titans

For 2022’s iteration, instead of focusing on the headliners, hosts, and household names, this more succinct review will shine a light on some of the smaller stages and underground artists that graced Suwannee Hulaween.

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Bonobo Live Band Brings ‘Fragments’ & More To The East Bay On Rumored Final U.S. Tour [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 B.Getz bonobo, bonobo live band, east bay, electronica, fox theater, fragments, live edm, live electronic, ninja tune, oakland

Touring behind his latest LP Fragments, released earlier this year, Bonobo’s live band rolled into the East Bay for a packed engagement at the ever-majestic Fox Theater.

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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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Naught Again: Zero Turns The Clock Back 30 Years At The Fillmore [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 16, 2022October 18, 2022 B.Getz Fillmore, Fillmore SF, Grateful dead, greg anton, jessica fierro, kimock, martin fierro, pete sears, robert hunter, san francisco, steve kimock, zero, zero band

On Saturday, October 15th, the psychedelic jam veterans in Zero descended on their home turf in San Francisco and the hallowed room The Fillmore to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a monumental 1992 three-night engagement at the nearby Great American Music Hall.

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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.”