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Friday Five – Thinking and reading, The present hour, Learn from experience

Music of the Week Trombone Shorty, aka Troy Andrews, is a trombone player and producer from New Orleans. Andrews also plays drums, organ, and tuba. Andrews has toured with his band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, since 2009. Whenever I’m in the mood for upbeat jazz, Andrew’s music comes to the rescue. Some of my […]

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Friday Five – A true friend, The right giant, Reputation you deserve

Music of the Week The Soul Rebels are an eight-piece brass band out of New Orleans fusing soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock, and pop. The band consists of Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss (percussionists), Julian Gosin and Marcus Hubbard (trumpet), Corey Peyton and Paul Robertson (trombonist), Erion Williams (saxophonist), and Manuel Perkins Jr. (sousaphonist). My

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Friday Five – Optimists write history, Momentum is everything, The long game, Making others successful, Spend and have

Music of the Week Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from Preservation Hall (such a cool venue) in the French Quarter. Band members include Charlie Gabriel, Walter Harris, Ben Jaffe, Ronell Johnson, Branden Lewis, Clint

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Friday Five – Rich with experiences, Reading good books, Life is short

Music of the Week The Rebirth Brass Band (Rebirth) out of New Orleans was founded in 1983 by Phillip “Tuba Phil” Frazier, Keith Frazier, and Kermit Ruffins (no longer with the band). Rebirth is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music with funk, jazz, soul, and hip-hop. Do Whatcha Wanna, I Feel Like

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Friday Five – Pause and reflect, Career you enjoy, Mother of good luck

Music of the Week Phish is an American rock band formed in the 1980s out of Vermont. The band is made up of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell. All band members perform vocals creating a fantastic melodic sound. Anastasio is the lead singer. Phish blends the music

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Friday Five – Think for yourself, Consistency of the work, Stick it out

Music of the Week The Lumineers, hailing from Denver Colorado, are an American folk bank. Founding band members include Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion, piano). I have seen The Lumineers live and it is a treat. “Ho Hey”, “Stubborn Love”, “Ophelia”, “Angela” and “Cleopatra” are a few of my favorite

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Friday Five – What we believe we are, Work hard at work worth doing

Music of the Week Florence and the Machine is an indie Rock band hailing from London led by vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden, and harpist Tom Monger. The bend blends the music genres of rock, pop, soul, and folk into a glorious combination. Some of my favorite

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Friday Five – Make something that people will care about in a hundred years, Don’t wait to be successful, Be content to appear clueless

Music of the Week St. Paul and The Broken Bones is an eight-piece based hailing from Alabama composed of “Paul Janeway (vocals), Browan Lollar (guitar), Jesse Phillips (bass), Kevin Leon (drums), Al Gamble (keys), Allen Branstetter (trumpet), Amari Ansari (saxophone), and Chad Fisher (trombone).” Blending the southern and soul genres is what you find with

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Friday Five – The work you choose, Put each day up for review, What is in our control, Apply the best of what you see

Music of the Week Mike Guggenbuehl, known as Guggenz (pronounced: Goo-genz), is an artist out of Minneapolis blending soul, funk, and jazz with his beats. I find that Guggenz has a similar style to one of my favorite artists Bonus Points. Both of these artist’s music lends itself well when I need to concentrate or

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