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Happy Birthday to Herbie Hancock

Nikki Giron

Herbie Hancock Song Facts: Growing up in the '40s and '50s in Chicago, Herbie Hancock was around street vendors, including the "watermelon men," who peddled the fruit. This provided the…

Women Got More Soul

The Funky Boombox celebrates the start of Women’s History month with two hours of music from powerful female vocalists. Women Got More Soul will feature classic songs from Tina Turner,…

Jazz, Funk, & Daft Punk—Thursday Night Jazz Odyssey

Iconic French Electronic music duo Daft Punk rose from the underground DJ scene in France to global stardom — becoming legends of contemporary pop music. It's the end of an…

Vinyl Vault—Crusaders 1

Fifty years ago this month, Carole King released her album “Tapestry.” The album ended up selling over 14 million copies and became the soundtrack to many a baby boomers’ adolescence…

Thursday Night Jazz Odyssey Lovers Lounge

The Jazz Odyssey is for the lovers. Valentine's Day is this weekend, and this Thursday on the Jazz Odyssey your host Dele is doing his best Cupid impression with a…

Float Like A Buffalo - Live Stream

Float Like a Buffalo is a Denver-based 7-piece, 9-instrument, high-energy Funk Rock band. Called Denver's "Funk Titans" (303 Magazine), we love to get our crowds dancing with songs inspired by…

Funky Boombox—The Rolling Stones Got More Soul

The British Invasion of The 1960s was fueled by American R&B of the 1950s. Like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones borrowed heavily from American Soul artists for many of their…

The Funky Boombox Top 20 of 2020 & 1970s Soul & Funk Encore

The Suffers song, Take Me To The Good Times, was prophetic in capturing the desires of the quarantined world of 2020. “I just gotta get out most days you see.…

Thursday Night Jazz Odyssey Holiday Special Part Two

Celebrate the holiday season Thursday Night Jazz Odyssey style. Everything from soulful and funky renditions of Christmas classics to contemporary holiday-inspired Hip-Hop and R&B originals. Don't be a Scrooge —…

Funky Boombox—A Very Funky Christmas

"Twas the week before Christmas When all through the station Not a turntable was turning, Like the songs took vacation When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a…

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