Funky Revolutions is based on the One. Since 1994, host Khalid and guests have invited you to groove & celebrate the history of Africana music - the African diaspora and its musical reflections around the world.

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.

Every Saturday 2 - 4pm (EST)

September 14, 2024: Live remote: Artists and tenants under attack by real estate monsters

Tune in or join us in person from 2-4pm on September 14th for a community radio broadcast to look at the ways that real estate monsters are attacking independent artists in the context of an unprecedented housing and space affordability crisis in the city and beyond.

This broadcast is taking place at 5500 St. Hubert, a space that has served for years as a gathering point for independent artists. The location is currently the locale for a thriving independent arts network, including multiple small visual arts studios and music rehearsal locations. This address is inhabited by cultural workers with creative practices not defined by mainstream art market paradigms.

In this city many artists, a community including many students, are struggling to access affordable spaces to create. In this context it is critical to build alliances between artists and all community members facing impacts of so-called urban development projects that are violently displacing communities, a process that is backed by a Projet Montréal administration which is still claiming to be progressive.

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