We explore the past, present and future of the funk. From introducing trip-hop to Montréal in the early 90’s, to supporting hip-hop’s underground, to presenting ethno-musicographies of jazz, soul, reggae and afro-funk, Funky Revolutions embraces all grooves & the revolutionary spirit of the Funk, from the Black Arts Movement of the 70s to Indigenous defiances & liberations in the (post) colonial world.
“Up on the down. Down on the beat. The funk of the slaveships become the sound in the street. The funk in the strength in the funk of the weak. The funk in the word when you decide to speak.” - The Last Poets, FUNK.
Interested in funk, neo-soul and R&B from the underground? Tune in Saturdays from 2-4 pm.
“Free your mind and our collective ass will follow”. Thank you Funkadelic.
Archives from 2024
- November 2, 2024: The Mothership Cassette Archives Celebrating 30 years of Funky Revolutions (The Origin Story) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- October 26, 2024: To Be (Arab) (Interview with Narcy & Omar Offendum followed by Stefan Christophe's Cultural Workers for Palestine & an in studio interview w Syrian singer Nadine Altounji | Playlist | Listen | Download
- October 19, 2024: October Funks (with Radio Vestige) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- October 12, 2024: Dance with the E-Man, No One’s Watching | Playlist | Listen | Download
- October 5, 2024: What the Soul | Playlist | Listen | Download
- September 28, 2024: Gnagarigassa Funk with Djely Tapa | Playlist
- September 21, 2024: Nomadic Funk (Celebrating 20 years of Nomadic Massive) & Selling Books for War | Playlist | Listen | Download
- September 14, 2024: Live remote: Artists and tenants under attack by real estate monsters | Playlist | Listen | Download
- September 7, 2024: Even More End of Summer Vibes | Playlist | Listen | Download
- August 31, 2024: End of Summer Vibes (w Sahad) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- August 24, 2024: Afrobeat Prelude to South Africa & Criolo Feature | Playlist | Listen | Download
- August 17, 2024: Early Recordings & Roots of Maskanda (Pt XI Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- August 10, 2024: Disco Jive & Political Soul (Pt X Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- August 3, 2024: Disco Jive & Political Music in SA (Pt IX Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- July 27, 2024: Funky Summer Nights | Playlist | Listen | Download
- July 20, 2024: African Nights II (Kin’Gongolo Kiniata, Def MAMA Def, BIM, & Valérie Ekoumé) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- July 13, 2024: African Nights (w Bombino, Joyce N'Sana, Sofaz, Moneka Arabic Jazz & Ibibio Sound Machine) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- July 6, 2024: Towards African Nights II (w Mr Touré, Boubé, BABA MD, and Bantü Salsa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- June 29, 2024: Towards African Nights | Playlist | Listen | Download
- June 22, 2024: Soul and Exile in the 80s (Pt VIII Soul, Funk & Jazz in SA).mp3 | Playlist | Listen | Download
- June 15, 2024: Late 70s & 80s Funk & Disco (Pt VII of Soul, Funk& Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- June 8, 2024: Their Music Was Hot (Carnal Female Funk) Pt 4 Adina Howard | Playlist | Listen | Download
- June 1, 2024: Palestine Funks & Guest Mossman | Playlist | Listen | Download
- May 25, 2024: Late Funk & Soul 75 to 80s (Pt VI Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa | Playlist | Listen | Download
- May 18, 2024: Politicizing the Music in the 70s (Pt V of Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) & Antibalas | Playlist | Listen | Download
- May 11, 2024: Soul Under Apartheid (1960-72) Pt IV of Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa w Bongezile Mabandla | Playlist | Listen | Download
- May 4, 2024: Apartheid, Censorship & Soul in SA (Part III Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- April 27, 2024: Soul, Funk & Jazz in Apartheid South Africa (Part I & II of the Series The Development of Soul, Funk & Jazz in South Africa) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- April 20, 2024: New Souls & Revivals | Playlist | Listen | Download
- April 13, 2024: Another Kind of Soul (with Jean Jean Roosevelt) | Playlist | Listen | Download
- April 6, 2024: More Soulful Jams | Playlist | Listen | Download
- March 30, 2024: What Is Soul | Playlist | Listen | Download
- March 23, 2024: Funding Drive Show 2 | Playlist | Listen | Download
- March 16, 2024: Funding Drive Show 1 | Playlist | Listen | Download
- March 9, 2024: The Day After March 8th | Playlist | Listen | Download
- March 2, 2024: Space à Go Go | Playlist | Listen | Download