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So excited to have the chance to review a test press of Shake It, NMS’ new 20th-anniversary album that’s out today, September 13. The album, just released today is available here:Digital: bit.ly/CRED-ShakeItDigitalVinyl: bit.ly/CRED-ShakeItPreorder Shake It it features Lamar Williams Jr. on vocals, as well as Jason Mingledorff on sax, Mike Olmos on trumpet andContinue Reading

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This recap of this show from the House of Blues is primarily authored by Vincent Poinsot, an expert superfan. The set list and lineup are shown below. Even Us – Embossed is becoming a nice set opener especially in smaller, enclosed venues. The first part is played as on theContinue Reading

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This was Snarky Puppy’s first ever visit to Portsmouth and the crowd was enthusiastic at the start and immediately quieted down for the opener Even Us. The show had a balance of four songs from Immigrance and four classics. You can buy the full recording here – Portsmouth Live Snarky.Continue Reading

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Providence was the band’s first stop on the U.S. tour and the first time back here in 13 years. It was also the first time Coven and While We’re Young were on a live recording set list. You can buy the full recording here at Providence LiveSnarky. Before giving theContinue Reading

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Kawasaki had the same lineup as Osaka as expected and it was the first time the band played here. Notably five of the eight tunes were from the new Immigrance album. The show was attended live and reviewed for FunkCity.net by Tai Suzuki right at this link – Kawasaki liveContinue Reading

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Color Red Music is a Denver-based label started by Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds. The label produces all original music and includes the upcoming NMS album in September, Matador! Soul Sounds, Analog Son and new bands and combinations of artists. Some of the recent highlights are Freekbass featuring SammiContinue Reading

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Osaka was the first stop on the world tour, the band’s first time here, and the first time the band played new Immigrance songs live since the release of the album less than one month earlier and the GroundUP Music Festival live debut in February. It was an enthusiastic crowdContinue Reading

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Snarky Puppy is perhaps the world’s finest instrumental jazz-funk-world music band. From 2014-2017 they earned three Grammy awards most recently Best Contemporary Instrumental album for Culcha Vulcha. Calling them a band rather than an ensemble or even a musical phenomenon is debatable since they never play their songs the sameContinue Reading

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Snarky Puppy released their Grammy-winning album Culcha Vulcha in April 2016 and then spent the better part of two years touring the world in support of that album. During that time, the band recorded approximately 64 of those shows and made them available to fans to purchase and I haveContinue Reading

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Elevate is one of those albums that hits you hard and you instantly like from the first note, first song to the end, on first listen. But then again, if you’re an avid Lettuce fan (like me), you’ve heard nearly all of the songs before as several have been playedContinue Reading