FRIDAY FUNK: Something a little more recent from a now long-lived and iconic act. … [Read more...]
Wade Marcus – Spinning Wheel
FRIDAY FUNK: Spinning Wheel is an often-covered song and this 1971 version still stands up well. … [Read more...]
Cyril Neville – Gossip
FRIDAY FUNK: classic funk, to make any Friday night more fun. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
Lou Johnson – Rock Me Baby
FRIDAY FUNK: From the 1969 album Sweet Southern Soul. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
James Brown – Funky Drummer
FRIDAY FUNK: It doesn't get much better than James Brown, and this two-parter showcases some of that slow burn work he could do. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
Clarence Carter – Snatching it Back
FRIDAY FUNK: For Eighties progeny like myself, we probably know Clarence Carter best for the 1985 song "Strokin'", but that's rightly not what we're showing here today. Here's one of his funk hits from 1969, Snatching It Back: … [Read more...]
The Bar-Kays – Soulfinger
FRIDAY FUNK: Am I the only one who saw a Beatles album cover when first looking at this song? 1967 was the year of release, so let's assume it's some cover art homage. … [Read more...]
Living Colour – Love Rears Its Ugly Head
FRIDAY FUNK: In the late eighties funk rock was the thing, and Living Colour were a band well and truly in that genre. Here's their 1990 release Love Rears Its Ugly Head: … [Read more...]
Prince – Musicology
FUNK FRIDAY: There's nothing more we can add to the millions of words written about the death of Prince last night. All we can do is post one of the hundreds of songs that confirm him not only as one of the greatest funk musicians of the past fifty years, but as one of the best musicians of that period irrespective of genre. … [Read more...]
Oscar Brown Jr. – Chicken Heads
FUNK FRIDAY: I don't like trying to pick favourite days on The Music Week, but Funk Friday is definitely up there thanks to songs like this 1974 piece of brilliance from Oscar Brown Jr. … [Read more...]