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Dumpstaphunk at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 16, 2025

Dumpstaphunk Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CAOctober 11, 2025 What if the beat were a social contract? That question lingered over a sold-out Saturday at Miner Auditorium, where Dumpstaphunk approached funk not as escapism but as a shared practice--an agreement to move, listen, and shape tension and release as a community. This thesis emerged in the music, in the crowd and in the way bandleader Ivan Neville framed the evening: a collective body choosing the groove. ...

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Napa/NOLA 2023 At Grand Reserve at the Meritage

by Walter Atkins
November 28, 2023

WHO DAT! It's was an ecstatic day of New Orleans inspired music, wine and food in scenic Napa presented by Blue Note Napa's Summer Sessions program. The luxurious Grand Reserve at the Meritage Resort & Spa hosted the festive Mardi Gras excursion to the Big Easy. Napa Blue Note's artists line up consisted of: MJ's Brass Boppers, Raw Oyster Cult, Dumpstaphunk with Ivan Neville, DJ Harry Duncan, and Galactic with a guest appearance by Cyril Neville. The romantic ...