Funky Friday Episode 90: Oaktown Funk brings our American funk city tour home to Oakland. From Sly & The Family Stone and Tower of Power to the Pointer Sisters, Digital Underground, MC Hammer, and contemporary funksters The Grease Traps, we celebrate the city's unmistakable groove and the musicians who helped shape it. Ten episodes. Nine cities. One homecoming.

Funky Friday heads to Chicago for ChiTown Funk, tracing the groove through the Windy City with Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, The Chi-Lites, Gene Chandler, Chicago Gangsters and more. Different lines. Same groove.

Dayton, Ohio became one of America’s great funk capitals. Funky Friday Episode 83: The Land of Funk explores the city and its extraordinary musical legacy through the Ohio Players, Slave, Lakeside, Zapp, Faze-O, Sun, Aurra, Steve Arrington, and more.

Funky Friday Episode 81: This Day in Funk turns the calendar back to August 21 for a journey through funk history featuring Wild Cherry, Ohio Players, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, Parliament, Sister Sledge, Santana, and more.