This week, we’re thrilled to release the video for Snarky Puppy’s “Coney Bear,” written by guitarist, @boblanzetti. 🎸💛 Watch the full video now on our channel and stay tuned for the last few ‘Empire Central’ videos in the coming weeks! https://youtu.be/5pdzPMGbSss
“Avaloch,” the first single from House of Waters’ upcoming album, is out now! Featuring Antonio Sanchez the single was written at the Avaloch Institute in New Hampshire, meant to emulate the life of a passing storm and the temporary nature of all stages of emotion. Watch the live trio video and stream the single at orcd.co/avaloch
Beginning today, we’re excited to be releasing the remaining videos from the ‘Empire Central’ recording sessions each Friday on the GroundUP Music YouTube channel! We’re kicking things off with “Mean Green,” written by Nate Werth as an ode to the mascot of University of North Texas, where Snarky Puppy began their journey.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/ci1fI1fBFjU
Lee Pardini and Dawes release "What It Takes" today! This is the first collaborative release from these two artists, and we can't stop listening to it.
https://orcd.co/lpd-whatittakes
Yayennings' new album 'Yayennings Vol. 2' is out now! The record was written in 2020 and recorded in 2021. Through these new compositions, Yay has attempted to capture how his perception of the world has changed since the pandemic.
The album incorporates new energy and ferocity into the music, featuring a fresh balance between east and west-coast jazz styles.
https://orcd.co/yayenningsvol2
The live video for “Cliroy,” from @snarkypuppy’s album, ‘Empire Central’ is out now!
Written by @yayennings, “Cliroy” comes from the names of two of his favorite trumpet players Clifford Brown and Roy Hargrove. These two men had a great impact on Jay as a musician and he found it fitting that Roy was from Dallas and Snarky Puppy has some of his former RH Factor band members in the group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAcd9ePBk4
Yay Yennings' new single, "Prescott," is out now! The song was written while Yay was en route to Prescott, AZ. Fun fact: A large number of Yayennings compositions have been written inside of an airplane, and this particular song aims to capture that experience musically by combining both east and west coast jazz feels.
A reminder that The Yayennings Quartet will be performing a single release show today at the @saintbe_la Harmony Room at 8:00 PM PST to celebrate the new single. You can check out the single and grab tickets at the link in our bio!"
This Friday Yay Yennings, trumpet player for Snarky Puppy, releases "Prescott," the first single off his upcoming album 'Yayennings Vol. 2.' The track features fellow Snarky Puppy member Bob Reynolds and Poncho Sanchez band members, #joseperez and #rossschodek.
To celebrate the release, the Yayennings Quartet will be performing a single release show this Friday at the St. Barnabas Eagle Rock at 8:00 PM PST.
The third part of the pureMix.net 'Start to Finish Series' follows Nic Hard and Fab Dupont as they take on the sonic challenge of mixing all 128 inputs of "Coney Bear" from Snarky Puppy 's 'Empire Central' in the new Dolby Atmos format. Available now at the link in bio.
To celebrate the start of the Grammy voting period, Snarky Puppy is excited to debut the live-in-studio performance video of “Pineapple” from one of the recordings sessions of their 2023 Grammy-nominated album 'Empire Central.'
The song’s co-writer and Snarky Puppy trumpet/flugelhorn player Mike 'Maz' Maher notes that the single is “an upbeat dance track" and uses ferocious improvisations to keep the song moving without departing from its fun danceability. You can listen now using the link in our bio ✨
#SnarkyPuppy #EmpireCentral #Grammys2023
David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band - 'Live at the Capitol Theatre'
Michael League Plays Music is also a member of David Crosby's Lighthouse Band, with GroundUP label-mates Becca Stevens & Michelle Willis. Today, their new live record, 'Live at the Capitol Theatre,' is available digitally and on CD/DVD.
Head to the link in our bio to check out this release!
Outside of his regular appearances with Snarky Puppy, Michael League Plays Music is involved in some exciting projects!
“Sant Esteve,” the first single from Bill Laurance & League's collaborative album, was released earlier this month with a live music video via Actmusic. Featuring only piano with oud & fretless bass, the album, ‘Where You Wish You Were,’ explores the freedom and intimacy of the duo setting and will be released on January 27th.
Head to the link in our bio to check out this release!
Out today is a new live performance video of "Duster" - a song from Mark Lettieri 's latest EP, 'Fly Through It.' Check out the full video featuring Jason "JT" Thomas & Wes Stephenson at the link in our bio.
Malika Tirolien has released another new arrangement of a song from her album ‘HIGHER.’ This time, the arrangement comes from friend and artist Sirintip!
She took Malika’s song “DREAMIN’” and based her arrangement in 5/16 on the 5 cycles of sleep.
Malika brought her band together to perform the new arrangement in this live video, which is available on our YouTube channel. Stream and watch at the link in our bio. ✨
@malikatirolien has released another new arrangement of a song from her album ‘HIGHER.’ This time, the arrangement comes from friend and artist @mssirintip !
She took Malika’s song “DREAMIN’” and based her arrangement in 5/16 on the 5 cycles of sleep.
Malika brought her band together to perform the new arrangement in this live video, which is available on our YouTube channel. Stream and watch at the link in our bio. ✨
Snarky Puppy's limited podcast series, 'Transmissions from Deep Ellum,' is now available on all podcast platforms! Learn more about the writing process behind 'Empire Central' and get a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes. Brought to you by Osiris & WBGO.
Listen here: osirispod.com/snarky
This time last year, we released the debut record from Mirrors the Band - a project that involved 5 songwriters working together in pairs to write songs together to complete a full album of 10 tracks. ✨ The self-titled record is available everywhere, with a few beautiful music videos featured on our YouTube channel.
Michael League Plays Music Becca Stevens CATO @Justin Stanton @Gisela Joao
'Transmissions From Deep Ellum,’ the 3-part limited podcast from Snarky Puppy, dives into the creative process of ‘Empire Central,' with interview clips from members of the band, the crew, and the late Bernard Wright. 💜
The full series will be available everywhere on November 16, brought to you by Osiris & WBGO.
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Mark Lettieri’s new EP, 'Fly Through It', is a brief collection of rustic, rootsy, organic compositions featuring a classic “power” trio format of guitar, bass (Wes Stephenson), and drums (Jason "JT" Thomas) - except the “power” is found in restraint. The EP was recorded live in one afternoon, with no overdubs, and the amps and drums in the same room.
The full video for “Chucks & Pearl Snaps” is out now along with the full 4-track EP. Link in bio.
“To perform solo is musical freedom in its purest form and there is no other setting where I feel more at home.” Bill Laurance’s new solo piano album ‘Affinity’ is out now. Check it out at the link in our bio.
Malika Tirolien wrapped up her run of support dates with Snarky Puppy, where she got to perform new arrangements of songs from her most recent album 'HIGHER.' ✨ Here she is rocking her song "GROW" in Vienna. Check out the full song at the link in our bio!
Mark Lettieri's new release, a 4-track instrumental EP titled 'Fly Through It,' will be released this Friday. It features Jason JT Thomas and Wes Stephenson and encapsulates the many diverse styles of Mark Lettieri. ✨
Song: Chucks & Pearl Snaps 🎶"
Multi-instrumentalist Nate Wood's single “It’s Enough” is out now! This song is about the crippling self doubt that artists deal with when trying to finish anything. Check out the full video at the link in our bio.
In 2016, @prdmais traveled to Philadelphia to record their debut album ‘Rittenhouse’ at Rittenhouse Soundworks. There they were joined by two world-class woodwind specialists: @carlos_malta_oficial and @chrismbullock. This curated collaboration, between Brazilian and American musicians, audio engineers, and filmmakers produced an album of eleven tracks—each with a high-quality cinematic video of the live recording session.
Today, we celebrate the 5th anniversary of the release of ‘Rittenhouse.’ Here you’ll experience @ubirajarapotts speaking a little bit about the project. Check out the music videos from this record on our YouTube channel!
As Snarky Puppy continues their European tour, they've loved sharing songs from 'Empire Central.' Enjoy this clip of Mark Lettieri's solo on 'East Bay' from their Manchester show. ✨
Malika Tirolien's ”BETTER” Is about the description of the feeling of complete bliss once you choose to love yourself unapologetically. 🎶
After releasing the original nearly 2 years ago, Malika revisited the song with a new arrangement by friend and artist emawk, which is out today. Link in bio.
As we've shared, Snarky Puppy's new album, 'Empire Central' is a love letter to Dallas and pays homage to the band's early years in the city. Dedicated to RL's Blues Palace, an infamous local blues shack, Michael League wrote "RL's" - a song that alternates between typical blues/shuffle elements and variations on them. 💛 The full live in-studio video of “RL’s” is out now. https://youtu.be/fyp0kcIYap0
Presenting GroundUP Music Festival 2023 ✨ We're so excited to welcome an incredibly diverse mix of artists to this year's lineup, including Meshell Ndegeocello, Madison Cunningham, Jeff Tweedy, Silvana Estrada, 3 nights of Snarky Puppy, and many more.
🗓 February 3-5, 2023
🎟 On Sale Now at groundupmusicfestival.com
