grandfunk

hello listeners,...this is the site to check the playlists from 'grandfunk' - a show rooted in jazz, funk, hip-hop, and afrobeat, featured on cfrc 101.9fm in kingston, ontario. stream the show archives at http://www.cfrc.ca/ archives_simple.php. go to a link that corresponds with the date and time for thursday 10-11pm. enjoy. peace, avi

Sunday, September 17, 2006

September 14, 2006

grandfunk...getting set for the kingston jazz festival, it's a latin jazz vibe throughout the first set. more new j dilla and the roots. dig it.

the nite-liters - afro strut
gil scott-heron - the revolution will not be televised
outkast - chronometrophobia
madlib - instrumental
senor coconut and his orchestra - yellow magic
hugh maskela - little miss sweetness
soul jazz orchestra - sankofa
k-os - masquerade
donald byrd - love's so far away
j dilla ft. pharoahe monch - love
sa-ra - instrumental
the roots - baby
lloyd delprat - together
the cymbals - cl funk
ohmega whatts ft. quantic soul orchestra - that sound (instrumental)
jurassic 5 - blacktop beat
dave brubeck - unsquare dance

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

thanks to everyone who came to the grad club on saturday for 'funk the grad club.' the night should be a precedent for more of such music in kingston.the grad club, apparently, can dig indie hip-hop and funk and indie rock. also, respects to dj static for the rest of the evening's set.

peace,

avi

september 7, 2006

new releases from blue note and ubiquity records! grant green live at club mozambique 1971. and, another exquisite album from quantic, an announcement to answer.

rob swift - funky listening
c.l. blast - love is good
ricky calloway and his nt express - get it right pt.1
grant green - i am somebody
bullfrog - reverse psychology
quantic - meet me at the pomegranate tree
j dilla - won't do
the j.b.'s - king heroin (instrumental)
herbie mann - doin' that funky thing: right on
shuggie otis - strawberry letter #23
rjd2 - 1976
dj vadim ft. moshun man - terrorist
the new mastersounds - gt
cheikh l0 and les nubians - shakara/lady, pt.2
tumi and the volume - what it's all about
quantic - absence heard, presence felt

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Funk the Grad Club

tonight,...i will be doing an opening set at the grad club for dj static from ckut's 'we funk' and the nomadic massive out of montreal. starts at 9pm. check out the ckut show at www.wefunkradio.com. this show is righteous and i'm definetly looking forward to the dj static set this evening. tickets are free for grad students, otherwise $6.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

august 31, 2006

grandfunk presents a tribute to the music of new orleans. plus, new hip-hop from france - la cedille, the title track from the roots' precedent setting album 'game theory,' and oh no's stones throw release 'exodus into unheard rythm.

mocean worker - nola ain't right tonight
dirty dozen brass band - we got robbed
the meters - struttin'
eddie bo - the thang (part two)
betty harris - break in the road
the neville brothers - fire on the bayou
david batiste - funky soul
dj logic - french quarter
pocket dwellers - marvellous
yvan landry and his trio - ton visage
la cedille - la chien
modern jazz quartet - movin' nicely (eclipse remix)
ocote soul sounds - divinorum
the roots ft. malik b - game theory
oh no ft. roc c and aloe blacc - keep tryin'
saukrates - money or love (instrumental)

Friday, September 01, 2006

august 24, 2006

tonight's show...a showcase of new canadian afrobeat albums ft. afrodizz (montreal), soul jazz orchestra (ottawa), and ultra magnus (toronto). also, my dad shares his wisdom while digging herbie mann's 1966 album "impressions of the middle east."

the buena vistas
- kick back
sharon jones and the dap kings - how do i let a good man down?
soul jazz orchestra - mista president
afrodizz - fashion terroriste
nomo - book of right on
herbie mann - incense
herbie mann - odalisque
madvillain - figaro (101 remix)
sound dimension - love jah
cut chemist ft. thes one - 2266 cambridge
ultra magnus - c.c.c.
ocote souls sounds - ora como rey, manana como guey
lyrics born - stop complaining (morcheeba remix)
moses dillard - tribute to wes