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Funky Friday – Episode 64: The Funk Engine Room
Funky Friday Episode 64 moves beneath the surface of funk. Past the hooks and into the engine room, where rhythm is built through timing, space, and control.

Noah McDonough
Apr 245 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 63: Funk The Tax man
Mid-April brings pressure, deadlines, and systems that do not ask how you feel. Episode 63 moves through it with groove, turning money, motion, and momentum into something that carries.

Noah McDonough
Apr 145 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 59: St. Paddy's Funk
Funky Friday Episode 59 explores how groove travels across genres and geography. From deep funk foundations to Irish soul and rhythm, the pocket remains the constant. St. Paddy’s Funk follows the groove from its roots to a final moment of celebration.

Noah McDonough
Mar 167 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 58: Deep Pocket Funk
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.

Noah McDonough
Mar 96 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 52: First Anniversary
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.

Noah McDonough
Jan 296 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 44: Cold Funk
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.

Noah McDonough
Dec 3, 20254 min read


Funky Friday Radio Show – Episode 38: Funky Goes To Hollywood
Funky Friday Episode 38 – Funky Goes to Hollywood celebrates the greatest funk and soul tracks ever featured in movies and TV soundtracks, including “Theme from Shaft,” “Car Wash,” “Give Up the Funk,” and “Soul Bossa Nova.”

Noah McDonough
Oct 18, 20255 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 35: LibraSonic
Funky Friday explodes onto two stations with Episode 35: LibraSonic — now airing every Friday at 9PM on KCSM HD2 and KDOG Radio. This cosmic funk journey tips the scales between chaos and control, from Miles Davis and James Brown to Prince, George Duke, and Weather Report. As promised: this episode is gonna blow your wigs off.

Noah McDonough
Oct 2, 20252 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 31: VirgoSonic
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.

Noah McDonough
Sep 3, 20253 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 30: Dirty 30
Funky Friday hits a milestone with Episode 30 — the Dirty 30. This set rumbles like a late-night train ride: James Brown’s Hot Pants, Rick James’ Super Freak, and deep cuts like Rock Creek Park fuel a graffiti-splattered journey through raw, underground funk.

Noah McDonough
Aug 28, 20253 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 28: Ministry Of Funk
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.

Noah McDonough
Aug 14, 20253 min read
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