For its 9th annual occasion, the non-profit GroundUP Music Basis continues one custom and begins one other with its first-ever version of “GroundUP Miami Seaside: Household Dinner Weekend,” that includes Snarky Pet and a lineup of legendary visitor artists set to take the stage on the iconic Miami Seaside Bandshell on February 8-9, 2025.
The 2-day occasion will embody nightly Household Dinner periods that includes Snarky Pet enjoying with a various array of music icons as visitors with the band, together with Youssou N’Dour, John Scofield, Eric Gales, Dwelling Color, Madison McFerrin, Shayna Steele, Gaby Moreno, and Ms. Lisa Fischer.
Along with the nightly Household Dinner exhibits, Snarky Pet will play a full particular set every night time, and there can even be two further full music units on Saturday, February 8, by the John Scofield Trio that includes Vicente Archer & Invoice Stewart, and Munir Hossn & Elas, and on Sunday, February 9, by the Invoice Frisell Trio that includes Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston, and C4 Trio.
Earlier than the music begins every day, GroundUP will proceed its longstanding custom of breaking down the obstacles between artists and viewers by providing 4 hours of every day intimate and interactive workshops, masterclasses, and panels with members of Snarky Pet and the weekend’s different featured visitor artists, fostering a singular atmosphere of engagement and studying between the performers and attendees. The particular masterclasses and different interactive occasions shall be introduced within the coming weeks.
“As we unveil the brand new format and lineup for GroundUP Miami Seaside 2025, we’re excited to but once more current unprecedented musical collaborations and hope to supply an much more particular and intimate expertise for the followers to attach with the artists,” stated Paul Lehr, Co-Founder and CEO of GroundUP Music Basis and Pageant, and a Miami Seaside native.
World Music Celebration Throughout Style and Generations
The lineup for GroundUP Miami Seaside 2025 brings international music to the stage that stretches throughout genres and generations. “We’re thrilled to carry collectively these musicians for intimate collaborative musical experiences,” stated Snarky Pet bandleader and the pageant’s Co-Founder and Inventive Director, Michael League. “Household Dinner Weekend” shall be a particular feast for everybody who loves music and appreciates really interactive creative experiences with an excellent lineup of artists.”
In regards to the Artists:
There is probably not a single extra recognizable sound in guitar as we speak than that of John Scofield. An absolute icon of the instrument, he has made his mark working with artists like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, George Duke, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, and Jaco Pastorius (amongst many others), all whereas pursuing his personal, continuously evolving imaginative and prescient as a solo artist. Collaborations with artists like Medeski, Martin, and Wooden (on the legendary album “A Go Go”) and Gov’t Mule, in addition to data like “Überjam,” made him a family identify amongst all kinds of music followers who in any other case wouldn’t enterprise into the world of jazz.
No historical past of the electrical guitar could possibly be written with out point out of Invoice Frisell, some of the distinctive voices within the 100-year custom of the instrument. Combining an immediately recognizable sound with superbly refined musicality, Frisell has blended genres and kinds for over 40 years, particularly Americana and jazz. He was the in-house guitarist for ECM Information within the 80s, forming an enormous a part of the legendary label’s sound, and an everyday member of John Zorn’s avant-garde ensemble, Bare Metropolis, some of the adventurous and distinctive bands on the New York scene (or wherever, for that matter). It might be onerous to discover a guitarist alive as we speak who hasn’t been influenced deeply by Frisell.
Probably the most towering determine in African music during the last 50 years, Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour is a legend in all senses of the phrase. Since his first look as a solo artist within the early 80’s, he has represented and innovated West African musical tradition, particularly his native Senegalese custom and language, mbalax and Wolof, respectively, whereas collaborating with among the greatest names in music (Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon). In 2023, Rolling Stone named him among the many prime 100 singers of all time.
One of the vital versatile and broadly revered singers on this planet, Lisa Fischer is likely one of the true legends of her craft. From early-80’s b-boy hits (“On the Upside”) to touring with the most important names in music (26 years with the Rolling Stones, 22 with Luther Vandross) to having Billboard #1, Grammy-winning hits as a solo artist (“How Can I Ease The Ache”), her contribution to widespread music can’t be overstated.
As if two six-string legends weren’t sufficient, Snarky Pet is happy to play host to Eric Gales, broadly thought to be one of many world’s biggest dwelling guitarists. He represents the electrical guitar’s evolution in each conceivable approach, shifting deftly between genres with a way of conviction and mastery that the majority musicians can solely envy. Although he has been a frequent visitor with Snarky Pet when tour schedules coincide, this would be the first time that the 2 entities have collaborated within the context of Gales’ music.
Dwelling Color is an American onerous rock band from New York Metropolis, shaped in 1984, whose music is influenced by heavy steel, funk, jazz, hip hop, punk, and various rock. The band’s lyrics vary from the private to the political, together with social commentary on racism in america. Band member Corey Glover is a singer, songwriter and actor is the lead vocalist admired for his versatile voice, and Will Cahoun is called some of the distinctive drummer/percussionist on this planet. Collectively, the adorned band that Rolling Stone Journal has known as “funk steel pioneers” redefined the sound of different rock within the late Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties and has obtained a number of Grammy Awards.
Transferring as seamlessly between musical genres as she does between English and Spanish, Guatemalan-born, L.A.-based Gaby Moreno has develop into one of many defining voices on the singer-songwriter scene as we speak. A winner of each Grammy and Latin Grammy awards in addition to an Emmy nominee (for the theme tune to NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”), she appears to be all over the place as of late. Moreno carried out with Snarky Pet as a featured visitor alongside Silvana Estrada, Silva Pérez-Cruz, and Fuensanta of their NPR-televised tribute to Peruvian legend, Susana Baca, in 2023.
Creator and performer of the most-covered tune on Snarky Pet’s first Household Dinner album, Shayna Steele will be a part of the band on stage in Miami for under the second time since that Grammy Award-winning recording session over a decade in the past. Equally comfy as a high-powered lead vocalist, backing singer (Rhianna), or Broadway star (Lease, Hairspray!), Steele is a pressure of nature on stage.
Madison McFerrin, although a longtime buddy and New York colleague of Snarky Pet’s members, will share the stage with the band for the very first time in Miami. Her distinctive sound has helped her garner reward from the New York Occasions, NPR, Pitchfork, and artists like Questlove, who known as her music “Soul-apella.” Madison’s music has been heard on tv exhibits like Broad Metropolis and Random Acts of Flyness, and she or he has carried out with music legends De La Soul, Bobby McFerrin, and The Roots.
Contemporary off a Latin Grammy win with Brazilian bandolim participant (and GroundUP Pageant alumnus) Hamilton DeHolanda, the Venezuelan powerhouse, C4 Trio, returns to Miami Seaside for an encore efficiency after their 20__ debut, simply some of the memorable units within the pageant’s 9-year historical past. C4 Trio represents Venezuela’s wealthy cuatro custom in a approach that has allowed it to be transported all around the world, receiving standing ovations after each single present on their 2023 tour as opening act for Snarky Pet.
Producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Munir Hossn is the son of a wealthy combine between Brazil, Europe, the Center East, and Africa. Proficient feminine instrumentalists be a part of Munir Hossn to carry to life his most up-to-date compositions, an beautiful repertoire that provides form to his lately launched album “Munis Hossn & Elas.” Munir, as soon as once more celebrating feminine musical expertise and energy, masterfully combines rhythms and melodies from all corners of the world, highlighting this time the flavors of Brazil, Cuba, and Africa. A singular live performance, which takes you from the deepest emotion to not with the ability to cease shifting your toes, songs that you’ll not get out of your head, so contagious and overwhelming. Tickets can be found right here.
