When GroundUp Music Festival was first conceived, it not only meant introducing Miami to touring musicians that played a more eclectic sound than what is typically heard in the city these days, but it ...

According to bassist and band leader Michael League, what would eventually become “Snarky Puppy: The Family We Make” began as a tribute to Susana Baca, the Peruvian music legend (and her country’s ...

If you had gone up to bassist Michael League in his freshman year when he was studying jazz at University of North Texas and told him that someday he would win four Grammys, make two acclaimed records ...

Michael League (right) is the bandleader of Snarky Puppy and the co-founder of the GroundUP Music Festival. If there’s a band that defies labels, it’s Snarky Puppy. Michael League founded the group ...

Four-time Grammy-winning, genre-defying musical collective Snarky Puppy's new album Empire Central is out now via the band's own GroundUP Music imprint. The album-which is nominated for Best ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Four-time Grammy-winning, genre-defying musical collective Snarky Puppy is set to ...

Originality seems to be a guiding force for Snarky Puppy. That applies not just to the type of music they play in general, but it goes all the way down to preparation of set lists. Saturday night at ...

Michael League, Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri and Chris McQueen of Snarky Puppy perform at Deep Ellum Art Co. in Dallas on March 3. Formed in 2004 at the University of North Texas, the band is recording ...

Inimitable jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy have announced that they will be hosting the fifth iteration of their very own GroundUP Music Festival, also known as “GUMfest” in Miami Beach, Fla. The event ...

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This Billboard-charting, 13-year-old, and also (roughly) 13-person band has proved that you can go a long way if you have an LOL-inducing name and a variety of genres to pull from. With two Grammy ...

GroundUp Music Festival will return to Miami Beach this winter for its sixth iteration the weekend of February 3-5, 2023. The independent, multiday festival will again treat South Florida music fans ...