A new Suwannee festival is here: Suwannee Rising! While Wanee & Spring Fest are no longer on the grounds, it’s nice to see a brand new festival carry on the tradition of funk / jam bands blessing the sacred Suwannee music grounds. Lettuce, moe., and Oteil & Friends will headline the inaugural event, with Dumpstaphunk, The New Mastersounds, Ghost-Note, and Melody Trucks Band taking the undercard. The event poster indicates that a few of these bands will play multiple sets, and

Photos by Andrew Blackstein In its fourth year, Brooklyn Comes Alive once again delivered on the promise of a once-in-a-lifetime program of live music’s best players. Housing players from the worlds of funk, soul, jam, jazz, indie, and beyond, the strip Williamsburg venues played host to an enthusiastic group of concert-goers that were bursting with excitement for the twelve hour program. Following a comedy set lead by Brett Siddell, Karina Rykman set up shop in Rough Trade w

Brainquility Music Festival is a newly announced event in Florida. It’s happening April 21st in Safety Harbor, FL which is located near Tampa and St. Pete. The lineup looks like a fun time already and tickets aren’t even on sale yet. Beats Antique, Lettuce, Tauk, and our boys MZG will all be performing 4/20 weekend in West Florida. Not to many other details out now other than lineup and location. Check out their website for more info and tix. #Florida #beatsantique #newfestiv

August 10-13 – Scranton, PA. For all those that crave a full 3 days of bands and jams without DJs, Peach Fest has you covered. This year the fest will bring you double doses of some of the best jammers in the industry; Panic (x2), Umphreys (x2), and Joe Russo (x2). There are loads of other great acts on the bill too. Lettuce feat Chaka Khan is definitely an eye catching booking. If the music doesn’t sway you then the heady artwork with mushrooms on mountains might persuade yo

Island party in December with the PL Squad! Pretty Lights announced a weekend of music and light at the end of the year which he is calling “Island of Light”. This is the first time PL has hosted such a festival and it’s looking pretty epic. Here is what Derick (Pretty Lights) had to say: Welcome to Island of Light! You are invited to experience our first event of this kind and we are overjoyed to finally share this moment with you!Without giving all of the fun events to tak

Sunny Florida in April is an excellent location for a festival. Fool’s Paradise is held in St. Augustine Florida right by DA BEACH BOI! The festival is always on April Fool’s Day for obvious reasons. This year Lettuce is back with another bunch of funky friends to make for a fantastic weekend. Check out the lineup below. DubEra 2016 Fool’s Paradise Photo Album #funk #Florida #duberacom #lettuce #dubera #lineup #foolsparadise #2017 #Festival

Lettuce is one of those bands we’ve been covering forever, and there aren’t that many of them really. Even in the jam scene, where bands thrive off of mixing up the setlist and improv-fueled rock, bands can get pretty stale. We’re not going to name names, but Lettuce is not one of them. In the five years that we’ve been covering Lettuce, we’ve watched them go from Suwannee side-stage Sweethearts to festival-curating funk ambassadors that have a soft spot for hip hop beats. In

Suwannee Hulaween is just about two months away, and we’re gearing up to bring you the best mouth-watering articles to get you primed to experience one of the best festivals in the world. The String Cheese Incident will be joined by the likes of My Morning Jacket, Disclosure, STS9, Big Gigantic, Gramatik, and many more for what is sure to be a magical weekend of music. Stacked schedules and fantastic sit-ins turn the Suwannee into a music-lover’s heaven, as evidence of the pa

Lockn’ Festival continues to roll out the information surrounding their 2016 festival, and just the other day took to Facebook to announce their daily schedule. As you can see, Phish headlines both Friday and Sunday night, with a very curious omission of a set on Saturday. Maybe they’re gearing up for something secret like they’ve been known to do at their own phestivals? Ween and My Morning Jacket handle headlining duties on Thursday and Saturday, respectively, with fantasti

Suwannee Hulaween has announced the lineup for their fourth annual festival, and it appears to be the greatest roster yet! The String Cheese Incident’s annual throw-down at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park has grown quickly into one of the premier festivals in the country, and this year they’ve come correct with an exciting programming of the festival circuit’s best. The String Cheese Incident will, of course, play three nights as they do each year, playing host with their o

We were honored to take part in the first ever Fool’s Paradise festival in St. Augustine, FL on April Fool’s Day. This was the first ever Lettuce festival and definitely not the last. Amazing people, funky music, and Florida weather were all key factors in making the weekend a huge success. Here are 7 gifs that capture the spirit of the weekend. Can’t wait for next year! Enjoy! Check out our full photo album here: DubEra Fools Photos Goldfish Fan Goldfish Jump! Funky Smiles L

THE LINEUP: LETTUCE (X2), GRIZ, CHRIS ROBINSON, GOLDFISH, BREAK SCIENCE, VULFPECK, NTH POWER, THE GROOVE ORIENT AND MORE! This combination of artist for two days is awesome. There is no crappy music so you better bring enough beer money in to last you all day. FIRST EVER GRIZ LIVE SET WITH LETTUCE: A first year festival should always have something special to set itself apart. Lettuce was obviously well aware of that since they decided to team up with Griz for a live perfor

Fool’s Paradise on April 1st & 2nd will also featuring performances from Vulfpeck, Chris Robinson’s Soul Revue (ft. George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, Nikki Glaspie, Neal Casal & the Shady Horns), Goldfish, The Nth Power, Break Science, and more. Beside two full days of music, there will also be diverse music, artist-led excursions, musical workshops, yoga and activities just steps from the ocean. Camping options and VIP hotel packages are available, and tickets ar

Fool’s Paradise, a new festival in St. Augustine, FL, has announced the lineup for their inaugural event. Purple Hat Productions, Live For Live Music, and Lettuce will host the shindig, which seems to be capitalizing on the momentum built by Umphrey’s and Lettuce last year during The Fort Making Lemonade. Taking place at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Lettuce will play two sets, although it isn’t clear whether or not they’ll play two nights just yet. Electronic superstar GRi

Lettuce played two nights at the Brooklyn Bowl this past weekend, ushering the new year with plenty of funky jams and exquisite improv. With two sets played each night, the group settled in and explored each song to the fullest while the Brooklyn crowd bopped around into the early morning. There’s not enough that can be said about Lettuce, the collective of top-tier musicians who have been playing together now for 23 years. The chemistry between them is up there with the best

If there’s one consistent story in 2015, it’s quality music rising into the mainstream. Just look at the big stories of the year: Tame Impala, Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Jamie XX…all of these artists are responsible for making tasteful sounds popular. It’s a beautiful thing to see pop radio being replaced for a more hands-on exploration of music, and as that continues to happen, I feel like music blogs take on more of a roll as taste-makers. No one is relying on Casey

Lettuce has been around, or at least its members have been jamming, for over 23 years. When the group of musicians met through Berklee College of Music, they had no idea they’d be selling out venues and continuing to grow together as musicians over two decades later. It’s been a privilege to watch them over the past few years, and I can’t wait to watch them get better every time. I chat recently with guitarist Adam Smirnoff, most likely known to you as Shmeeans, about a varie

With most members living in New York City, there’s no shortage of chances to see Lettuce in the big apple. This year they did three nights at the Brooklyn Bowl, a major show in Central Park, and just recently two nights at the (newly named) Playstation Theater to celebrate the release of their new album Crush. The new LP is a modern snapshot into the sound of the most interesting band playing funk music. It’s a mix of classic sounds and running-forward progression that seemin

Funk titans Lettuce released their newest album, Crush, today. The 15-track LP is their first since 2012’s Fly. Despite the lack of official releases, the group has been super busy, playing dozens of festivals a year, touring their asses off, and many members even backing up Pretty Lights as the Analog Future Band. The band will celebrate the release of Crush with two nights at New York City’s Playstation Theater. The room is much larger than the Brooklyn Bowl that they norma

It’s October! It’s October! Hulaween is right around the corner, and we’re thinking of all the amazing music we’ll hear over three (maybe four!?!) days in the Suwannee. From the Americana vibe of Sam Bush Band to the futuristic beats of Pretty Lights, Hulaween is boasting an incredibly deep and diverse lineup that is sure to keep the party in high gear all day and all night. Here are 15 songs we’re dying to hear at the festival this year. “Mighty River” by Railroad Earth The