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Eufórquestra’s music is igniting dance floors across the country, with a sound that “explodes, dances and melts in your ear with sheer bliss” (Chris M. Slawecki; AllAboutJazz.com). As percussionist and lead vocalist Matt Grundstad puts it, \"we just want to make people dance.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 2009, the band released their third studio album, Soup, a collection of 11 tracks that captures the band at new heights in terms of songwriting, energy and production. In an effort to spread the album far and wide as an independent artist, the band decided to give the album away for free online at www.euforquestra.com.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith three full length albums to their name and a relentless tour schedule (over 100 shows per year), Eufórquestra has created a presence on the national scene, performing all over the U.S. at clubs, concert halls, community events, and festivals, such as Wakarusa, Summer Camp, 80/35 (Des Moines, IA), Sweet Pea Festival (Bozeman, MT), NedFest (Nederland, CO), Montana Beer Festival (Bozeman, MT) and Iowa City Jazz Festival. In addition, Eufórquestra hosts their own festival, Camp Euforia, every year in July, just outside of Iowa City, in Lone Tree, IA.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Euforquestra","playStationPath":"/stations/275950829/play","stationId":275950829,"bioPath":"/music/Euforquestra/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Geraldo+Pino+The+Heartbeats","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/724/724779dcc94224788b5dc4a91aff6ee2_md.jpg","artistName":"Geraldo Pino \u0026 The Heartbeats","artistId":93912,"station_id":275950847},{"musicPath":"/music/Geraldo+Pino","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/44d/44d2f411b868602b874d951377cc4910_md.jpg","artistName":"Geraldo Pino","artistId":93911,"station_id":275950846},{"musicPath":"/music/Oscar+Sulley+The+Uhuru+Dance+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6e1/6e157bd76b1541fa70ce461ce912a414_md.jpg","artistName":"Oscar Sulley \u0026 The Uhuru Dance Band","artistId":94033,"station_id":276007032},{"musicPath":"/music/Ocote+Soul+Sounds","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/447/447b36f5429570b1aa3f21aab40f0081_md.jpg","artistName":"Ocote Soul Sounds","artistId":107038,"station_id":281862306},{"musicPath":"/music/Ikwunga","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/198/198275c4921a7bc2b0563137f2b5578d_md.jpg","artistName":"Ikwunga","artistId":131533,"station_id":285483490},{"musicPath":"/music/Fanga","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6d5/6d5e32799f4fd9a59f489e0ed4e235c1_md.jpg","artistName":"Fanga","artistId":93898,"station_id":275950832},{"musicPath":"/music/Umoja+Orchestra","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/294/2942700a6122a45cfa9f301707f26b64_md.jpg","artistName":"Umoja Orchestra","artistId":107891,"station_id":282140141},{"musicPath":"/music/Sugarman+Three","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fc5/fc56f4cd7e724c9dadca5041f0271cfe_md.jpg","artistName":"Sugarman Three","artistId":94153,"station_id":276007066},{"musicPath":"/music/The+African+Brothers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a51/a51f7f0aa2531e1b78e14cdabd298786_md.jpg","artistName":"The African Brothers","artistId":100337,"station_id":278734059},{"musicPath":"/music/Karl+Denson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/93b/93b6b34a6f6c7745e3f724112eb1338d_md.jpg","artistName":"Karl Denson","artistId":116357,"station_id":283090597},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Mensah","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f60/f60ea5b4d3110a0c5db799abd28e945b_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Mensah","artistId":93995,"station_id":275950864},{"musicPath":"/music/Kola+Ogunkoya","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9f3/9f3d5a6963327c530a33cbeb1728dec7_md.jpg","artistName":"Kola Ogunkoya","artistId":94001,"station_id":275950870},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Whitefield+Brothers+World+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/16d/16d0e2364986ae1392daa81d3700bfa4_md.jpg","artistName":"The Whitefield Brothers (World)","artistId":408474,"station_id":399022635},{"musicPath":"/music/Matata","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b07/b07502692889c3c706c8397a9acdfbae_md.jpg","artistName":"Matata","artistId":94014,"station_id":275950887},{"musicPath":"/music/Albino+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0dd/0dd9314da5e0a0450888884008bb952b_md.jpg","artistName":"Albino!","artistId":93839,"station_id":275904464},{"musicPath":"/music/Vincent+Ahehehinnou","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/83c/83c79126dec6f24ed3b6e20a05a786e9_md.jpg","artistName":"Vincent Ahehehinnou","artistId":124936,"station_id":283950168},{"musicPath":"/music/Anthony+Joseph+The+Spasm+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3a/b3a4398aa363d97d60568a7cba4db834_md.jpg","artistName":"Anthony Joseph \u0026 The Spasm Band","artistId":140743,"station_id":288253520},{"musicPath":"/music/Robert+Walter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/65d/65d1a262d061b280f5ee5c3b7bd7359b_md.jpg","artistName":"Robert Walter","artistId":109614,"station_id":282140699}]}