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Drunk on Funk: Latin Got Soul (Vinyl 45's mix)

Latin Got Soul Vol1 No Funky Mixing, Only Funky Tunes 30 minute mini mix containing some of our favourite latin breaks with full length cuts of each track... Tracklisting: Los...

A Funk Soul Christmas Party - Vol 1

Advent Calendar Mix: 24 Funkaliciously festive tracks to help spread the Christmas Cheer, selected and blended by Frosty the Soulman. Tracklist: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - God Rest Ye...

.JIMMY CLIFF: THE VOICE THAT CARRIED JAMAICA TO THE WORLD

Jimmy Cliff was one of those rare artists whose life seemed inseparable from the music he made. Born James Chambers in rural St. James Parish, Jamaica, he grew into a...

Dr. John: The Night Tripper

Few figures in American music embody mystique, heritage, and reinvention quite like Dr. John — born Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack Jr. in 1941 in New Orleans, a city whose rhythms,...

DONALD BYRD: THE ALCHEMIST OF MODERN JAZZ, FUNK, AND HIP-HOP

Few musicians in American history have shaped the sound of multiple generations as profoundly—and as quietly—as Donald Byrd. A visionary trumpeter, master educator, producer, and restless sonic explorer, Byrd stands...

Bob James: The Rhodes Scholar Behind Hip-Hop’s Favorite Breaks

Born on December 25th in 1939, we consider Bob James to be one of the greatest Christmas gift's we could ever have wished for. Few musicians have had as winding...

Dennis Coffey: The Unsung Architect of Funk, Soul, and Sample Culture

From Motown session legend to one of the most sampled guitarists in Hip-Hop history, Detroit's Dennis Coffey shaped the sound of a generation — and at 85, he's still at...

Orgone: The West Coast Keepers of the Groove

Born in the LA underground and recorded live to tape at their own Killion Sound studio, Orgone have spent over two decades fusing funk, soul, Afrobeat, and Latin grooves into...

Vulfpeck: Masters of Modern Groove

Born in a University of Michigan dorm room, Vulfpeck turned meticulous funk into a movement — selling out Madison Square Garden without a label, exploiting Spotify's silence, and proving that...

The Mighty Mocambos: Funk Without Borders

Hamburg's finest funk collective, The Mighty Mocambos have spent two decades crafting raw, analog grooves that transcend borders — collaborating with legends from Afrika Bambaataa to Lee Fields, and proving...