Funky Friday heads to New York City for Empire State of Funk, tracing the groove from Harlem and Brooklyn to Queens and the Bronx with Jimmy Castor, Mandrill, Cameo, Chic, Fatback, Tom Browne, Grandmaster Flash, Bobby Womack and more. Five boroughs. One groove.

Funky Friday Episode 82: Motor City Funk. Detroit built the engine. Funk took it somewhere else. Episode 82 traces Motor City Funk from the hidden musicians behind Motown through psychedelic soul, heavy grooves, and the musical evolution that eventually launched the Mothership.

Celebrate the July 17 anniversary of James Brown's Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, the landmark 1965 song that helped launch the funk movement. Episode 76 of Funky Friday traces its influence through soul, jazz, and fusion with artist insights, Renegade Notes, and Funk Facts.

A century after Miles Davis was born, the signal still travels. Episode 68: 100 Miles moves through electric jazz, fusion, Bay Area brass, and late-night groove architecture — tracing the pathways Miles helped open across modern music.

Funky Friday Episode 67. Pressure systems. Resource wars. Groove economics. Funky Friday Episode 67: Taurus Sonic moves through energy anxiety, economic instability, and social tension without losing the groove. From Tower of Power and Marvin Gaye to Parliament and Gil Scott-Heron, this week’s transmission explores what happens when the world shakes but the rhythm holds.

Funky Friday Episode 60 will air on March 27th with a cinematic concept guiding the hour. This broadcast will move like a film, where each track builds a scene and every transition carries intention. Some of these songs were used in Quentin Tarantino films. Others simply feel like they belong. The difference will not always be obvious, and that is the point.

Funky Friday Episode 58 explores the deep pocket of funk, where rhythm sections lock into grooves that move the room without ever rushing the beat. From James Brown’s disciplined funk architecture to the elastic fusion groove of Herbie Hancock, this episode traces the musicians who understand that the pocket is where the magic lives.

A birthday dedication opens this week’s Funky Friday. Episode 57 moves from reflection to deep groove before landing in pure celebration.

Funky Friday Episode 54: My Funky Valentine will air on Friday the 13th, continuing a throughline that has existed since the earliest days of Funky Friday. This is not a Valentine’s Day episode built on novelty or sentiment. It is a set about confidence, connection, and timing, where funk does what it has always done best. Stay present. Hold the pocket. Let the groove speak.

Funk did not emerge as a trend or a reaction. It developed from earlier Black musical traditions and carried them forward through rhythm, repetition, and collective performance. Episode 53 traces funk as living history, not nostalgia.

Funky Friday Episode 52 marks the one-year anniversary with a set focused on endurance over nostalgia, resistance without posture, and funk as a signal that holds.

Episode 50 doesn’t look back — it locks in. From thin air to signal fire, this Funky Friday broadcast delivers a bangers-only funk set built on momentum, recognition, and discipline. No retrospectives. No reruns. Just the signal, fully lit and moving forward.

Santa’s bringing his bass — straight on the ONE. Funkin’ Christmas delivers holiday soul, deep funk, and winter-night groove without the novelty.

This week on Funky Friday, we step into the Winter Semester of the School of Funk — a frosty, razor-clean hour where the grooves get colder, the basslines get meaner, and the funk cuts like ice. From James Brown’s “Cold Sweat” to Curtis Mayfield’s chilling “Hard Times,” Episode 44 serves up cold-blooded classics, icy grooves, and sub-zero swagger straight from Signal Fire Studio. Bundle up… the funk just dropped below freezing.

🦃 Episode 43: JIVE TURKEY Where the guest of honor has no idea he is the entrée. This week, Funky Friday serves up a full Funksgiving feast — warm grooves, family-energy soul, kitchen-table disco, and a smooth-talking Tom Turkey presiding over the meal like he isn’t the main course. From New Orleans struts to late-night fusion glides, this set cooks low and slow: playful, funky, grateful, and golden-brown around the edges. Grab a plate. Bring a friend. And don’t tell the

This week, Oakland lost a Titan. Funky Friday Episode 42 is dedicated to Coach John Beam — a mentor, a leader, and a cornerstone of Bay Area communities. Through soul, funk, and Bay Area rhythm, this tribute moves from grief to uplift, honoring a man who spent his life lifting others. Beam of a Titan is a memorial in sound for a coach who taught generations to rise.

This week on Funky Friday, we turn up the heat for Scorpio season — a one-hour dive into funk that stings back. From Betty Davis to Morris Day, it’s a journey through attitude, transformation, and the magnetic pull of the groove. Hosted by Renegade Chronicles & KDOG Radio, where the rhythm gets deep and the funk gets dangerous.

Air Date & time: 9.5.25 - 9am Pacific Time Funky Friday Episode 31: VirgoSonic takes funk to the stars with a zodiac-charged mix of classics and cosmic grooves. From Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” to Roy Ayers’ timeless “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” this set honors Virgo season with precision, balance, and serious funk fire.

The groove is gospel in Funky Friday’s Episode 28: Ministry of Funk. We open and close with a tribute to Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive, the Latin-funk masterpiece that broke boundaries and moved bodies. In between, it’s an hour of funk sermons from James Brown, Parliament, Tower of Power, and more — a full-on service for the disciples of the groove.

A cross-country celebration of funk’s hometown heroes—from Dayton to Oakland, Minneapolis to NOLA. Funky Friday Episode 25 brings the groove city by city.