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 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.

This week's Funky Friday celebrates the legacy of Redwood City's legendary Record Man with a hand-picked collection of unforgettable funk, soul, jazz, and rock discoveries.

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.

unky Friday Episode 62 will honor Tuxedo Jones, a black and white, curly-haired Lhasa Apso whose presence defined every room he entered. This set will move through groove, soul, and memory, closing with a signature that reminds us some energy never fades.

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.

Episode 45 drifts into the quiet of mid-December with Snow Grooves — a winter set built on smooth basslines, frosted synths, and the soft hush of falling funk. No sleigh bells, no sweaters… just snowfall soul carved straight into the season.