Suwannee Hulaween 2024 Preview: Friday
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by Jake Funkmayor
1w ago
Friday at Hulaween opens up The Meadow  stage and that’s where String Cheese Incident will play the first two of seven fest sets. I’ll be out at that stage early to catch a couple of Hula ’23 stars reprise their 2023 sets, TAND and Karina Rykman. I’ll likely bounce back ..read more
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Music At The Intersection Preview
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by Jake Funkmayor
2w ago
Music at the Intersection will hold it’s fourth edition September 14th and 15th in St. Louis. It has quickly taken flight as one of the best heritage music festivals in the country with prior years’ luminaries including Herbie Hancock, Snarky Puppy,  Kamasi Washington, Erykah Badu and Lalah Hathaway, among others ..read more
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Blast Off With Cory Wong’s Starship Syncopation
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by Jake Funkmayor
3w ago
Cory Wong is a talent with an amazing aura and so prolific that it’s hard to keep up with all his undertakings. ‘Starship Syncopation’ is one that dropped very recently that you absolutely don’t want to miss. The album is a collaboration with The Metropole Orkest out of The Netherlands ..read more
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Suwannee Hulaween 2024 Preview: Thursday
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by Jake Funkmayor
3w ago
Suwannee Hulaween is one of my favorite festivals of the year and this year’s 11th edition lineup is stacked, as it always is. String Cheese Incident, the perennial sponsor-curator-headline performer is up for likely 5 sets PLUS a special The Bobby Weir Incident collaboration with the Dead’s long time member ..read more
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Remembering Shaun Martin
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by Jake Funkmayor
1M ago
Shaun Martin, the vibrant, entertaining keyboardist passed away last week after a long illness. He was reowned for his work with Snarky Puppy and Kirk Franklin as well as his fantastic solo albums. Shaun was a very special talent but an even more special person and I’m proud to say ..read more
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Newport Jazz Festival 2024 Preview
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by Jake Funkmayor
1M ago
To say I’m excited to be going to Newport Jazz Festival 2024 is a huge understatement. I’ve only been once, about 30 years ago, and this is the first time I’ll be at all three days. And OMFG, what a packed three day schedule it is. It’d be virtually impossible ..read more
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Album Review: Lotus’ How To Dream In Color
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by Jake Funkmayor
1M ago
How To Dream In Color is the 11th studio album from Lotus, and it’s a winning mix of a wide range of song stylings. There’s  a lot to like for long time fans and newbies as well. ‘How to Dream in Color’ has synth and airy-guitar tunes that sound like ..read more
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Album Review: Joe Tatton Trio’s Galáctico
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by Jake Funkmayor
2M ago
Galáctico is the second studio album from the Joe Tatton Trio and it’s top notch. Joe’s made his bones as the keyboard player for The New Mastersounds for 18 years teams up here with guitarist Lucas De Mulder who released his first album on Color Red last year. This album ..read more
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Album Review: The Cultet’s Concrete Lullaby
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by Jake Funkmayor
2M ago
Nick Gerlach is an accomplished tenor saxophonist who as recently been features on albums from some of my favorite bands includng Lotus and Sunsquabi. Concrete Lullaby is his first solo release since the disbanding of his band Cosby Sweater in 2016. For this session he brought in Neal “Fro” Evans ..read more
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Djangology from Tatiana Eva-Marie is Très Magnifique
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by Jake Funkmayor
2M ago
Tatiana Eva-Marie is the newest artist on the GroundUP Music roster and she brings one of the oldest music styles, manouche jazz or hot club music, to the label. It is one of the only music genres, jazz or otherwise, that is nearly universally attributed to one person, namely Django ..read more
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