Funky Friday Episode 89: City of Angels Funk heads to Los Angeles; featuring Charles Wright, WAR, the Brothers Johnson, Rose Royce, the Whispers, Shalamar, Lakeside, and Orgone. Explore the grooves, musicians, and connections behind this week’s set.

Funky Friday Episode 88 heads to Minneapolis and St. Paul to explore the roots of the Minneapolis Sound. From the early Twin Cities funk scene to Prince, Morris Day, The Time, André Cymone, Jesse Johnson, and Jam & Lewis, discover how a generation of musicians transformed funk and changed popular music.

The Funky Friday city tour lands in Philadelphia, where lush strings and horns meet deep funk grooves. Episode 87 explores Philly Funk through The O’Jays, People’s Choice, Breakwater, Dexter Wansel, Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, Bunny Sigler, Instant Funk, and more.

The Funky Friday city tour lands in Washington, D.C., where funk evolved into a rhythmic language of its own. Episode 86 traces the road to go-go through Chuck Brown, Trouble Funk, Rare Essence, E.U., Black Heat, Sir Joe Quarterman, Osiris, and more.

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 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.

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.

Episode 80 travels to Memphis and Stax Records for a journey through the deep soul, cinematic funk, and raw grooves of Soulsville, U.S.A.

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.

Juneteenth commemorates freedom delayed, but not denied. This week on Funky Friday, we explore freedom through the music that has carried generations forward. From The Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, and Sly & The Family Stone to Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, The O'Jays, The Gap Band, and Stevie Wonder, Episode 72 follows the many ways artists have expressed freedom through groove, community, perseverance, self-expression, and joy. Turn it up. Move on up.

The groove does not stand still. It moves forward and looks back at the same time. Funky Friday Episode 69: Front to Back pairs classic and modern funk track by track to trace the line between influence and evolution. From People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul to Funk You Muthafunka and beyond, each selection answers the one before it. Old school. New school. Morning to night. Front to back. Keep the signal alive.

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 66 transforms Mother’s Day into a warm late-night soul transmission — women-led grooves, family rhythms, and the soundtrack of home drifting through a vintage kitchen radio after dark.instability will push through tension, hold the groove under pressure, and find its way back to control without losing momentum. This set leans into the moment where everything starts to slip and the only option is to keep the transmission alive.

Funky Friday Episode 65 will open in distress and stay inside the signal. What begins as impact and instability will push through tension, hold the groove under pressure, and find its way back to control without losing momentum. This set leans into the moment where everything starts to slip and the only option is to keep the transmission alive.

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.

Funk De Fuego II will honor Willie Colón through brass, rhythm, and lineage, tracing the connection between Afro-Caribbean salsa, boogaloo, and horn-driven funk before closing with warmth and range.

Funky Friday Episode 55: Club Pisces Liquid Funk will air February 20, bringing a submerged, bass-forward listening session to KDOG at 9AM PT and KCSM HD2 at 9PM PT. This episode will move like tide instead of thunder, exploring jazz-funk foundations, neo-soul depth, and modern liquid groove built for intentional listening.

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.

🦃 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