Funk is the personal favorite of many music lovers. In this panoramic history of the grooviest of genres, we hear track after track of absolute boogie-down classics. Everything from Sly and the Family Stone to James Brown, with a few stops to hear legends like the Meters, Kool and the Gang, and Parliament. We’ll also hear the great Bobby Byrd explain the rhythmic motor behind the JB’s, and Georges Clinton talk about the roots of his funk.   

Produced by Ned Sublette
APWW #124

Black History Month: A Brief History of Funk

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @beraber

RRFM • Gentle Actions 39 w/ Beraber • 25-02-2025

Emz (DJ Set - Afrobeat, Memphis, Hip Hop) - May 2025

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera

Next up on our OpenLab Selectors series is Paula Juana from Soundway Records, live from our studios in Ibiza. With over a decade at the label, she currently serves as Creative Director of Soundway Publishing and Business Affairs Manager at Soundway Records. Her deep industry experience and intuitive dancefloor sensibility make her sets a rich, worldly musical journey.

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OpenLab Selectors [with Paula Juana]

Rio Doce, a deep dive into Brazilian music and its roots, with contributions from Caio Rosa and guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/rio-doce/episodes/rio-doce-21st-may-2025

Rio Doce 210525

Hour 1 - Dexter Colt

Palti & Ti - Det Hurtige Track
Weird Weather - Private Investigator
Gemini Jazz - Hard & Soft
Theory of Movement - Now and Then (Dream Mix)
Wamdue Kids - Echoes & Instruments 
Iori Wakasa - Lunar Down 
Endian - Two Chords Deep
Obsolete Music Technology - Reminscence
Marcellus Pittman - Razz 09
Reedale Rise - Light Trails
Jomni - Hitoshio
Elgato - Links

Hour 2 - @xiaolinmusic

Geoffrey Oryema - Kei Kweyo  (Joe Claussell Outlaw Demo Dub)
Mountain People - mountain004
Hreno - Portage
Julio Torres - Stretch
Ground - Twinbee (ft SMS)
Ricardo Tobar - Liturgia
Simple Symmetry - Problems (Red Axes Remix)
Zoo Brazil - Big Sister
Prince de Takicardie - SpaceKrashhh
SWAG - Groove Seekers Allowance (Bonus Version)
DJ Ali - All I Want
Airey - Cities (Main Mix)
DJ Jacuzziy - The Sunlight
AV1 - Mystic Point

NOODS RADIO

Noods Radio - Darker Than Wax w/ Dexter Colt & Xiaolin (29 May 2025)

TEXTURE(s) is an exploration rooted in movement — a sensorial voyage where rhythm breathes and atmosphere lingers. It guides you through shifting energies: from stillness to flow, tension to surrender — offering a meditation in motion. TEXTURE(s) invites you to dissolve into resonance, to feel each frequency as a gesture. 

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TEXTURE(s) with Isis, ENZO OKUMU & DARIUS JAMAL @ The Lot Radio 05-28-2025

ELTB x Radio Alhara - 10.06.25

Watch Here - https://youtu.be/iogZmDYGypE?si=dY9a23YCMxitP6on

ELTB x Radio Alhara - 10.06.25

Darker Than Wax FM, hosted by Marco Weibel every Saturday afternoon. Ever so present yet deeply rooted, we move through two hours of diverse rhythms and globally free frequencies with regular notable guests. 

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Darker Than Wax FM with Marco Weibel @ The Lot Radio 06-28-2025

SHABAZZ aka DJ Auntie Spice shares open format selections rooted from Soul, Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop, R&B and more.

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SPECIAL HERBS with DJ Auntie Spice @ The Lot Radio 06-29-2025

Where the wall meets the floor, Temporal Cove is a body of sound exploring the ethereal and ephemeral. Smilegoth dives into shoegaze, post-rock, house and more to articulate a flow of reverberations that can be felt on every surface.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/temporal-cove/episodes/temporal-cove-17th-july-2025

Temporal Cove w/ Smilegoth 170725

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

Black History Month: A Brief History of Funk

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