***My KUTX is made possible with support from imogene + willie***
Looking back at iconic live photos of Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Jackson Five, and their many genre contemporaries, it’s easy to see why we so often think of Funk music as a stage-filling affair. But with the magic of modern technology, it turns out that just one talented individual is all it really takes to fire up the dance floor.
Enter: Henry Roland – better known as Henry Invisible. When this multi-instrumentalist/DJ/producer extraordinaire isn’t cooking up his own funk masterpieces, he’s improving on the fine art of musical mixology – something he puts on display every Wednesday night at Far Out Lounge for his Free Funk Dance Party residency. And in that spirit, Henry stopped by the KUTX studios to bless our airwaves with an impressive pre-mixed hour of foot-movin’ grooves.
Playlist:
- Sly & The Family Stone – “Loose Booty”
- The Poets of Rhythm – “More Mess on My Thing”
- The Pointer Sisters – “Going Down Slowly”
- James Brown – “Get On The Good Foot, Pt. 1”
- Close Counters – “SOULACOSTA”
- Mr. Goldenfold – “Sky High”
- Smoove – “Return Of The Beats”
- Aaron Taylor – “Spaceship”
- Dr. Rubberfunk – “Break In” x Rob Bass & DJ EZ Rock – “It Takes Two”
- D’Angelo – “Chicken Grease”
- Erykah Badu – “Honey”
- Amp Fiddler – “Funk Is Here to Stay”
- Henry Invisible – “Because I Love Ya” (feat. Fred Wesley)
- The Bamboos – “Keep Me In Mind”
- Mr. Jukes – “Grant Green” (feat. Charles Bradley)
- Breakestra – “Need A Little Love”
- The Isley Brothers – “Listen to the Music”
- Esbe x Common – “Darling” x “The Light”
- Bobby Byrd – “I Know You Got Soul”
- Vernon Bunch – “Get Up”
- Cameo – “It’s Serious”
Episodes
