Liv Ravden

crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Liv Ravden

West London’s Liv Ravden joins us for the mid-way point of our week-long collaboration with Adwoa Aboah’s Gurls Talk, exploring and celebrating womxnhood in all forms. Smooth and uplifting, this is the perfect tonic for the midweek slump

Selections: Dâm-Funk

Modern funk champion Dâm-Funk digs into tracks old and new that rep the Dâm-Funk energy in 2019

pedro bell

Pedro Bell, the artist behind Funkadelic’s iconic album covers, has died

The visual artist behind Funkadelic and George Clinton’s iconic album covers has died

Turtle Bugg

One of the US’ premier diggers delivers an all-45s mix of psychedelic funk

The new sounds of Medellín – Mixed by Jonny Crow

Rolling hip-hop, funk and reggaeton from the Colombian city

Afro cosmic club

Afro Cosmic Club – Mixed by DJ Gioumanne

Intergalactic sounds from Africa

Watch the colourful cartoon video for funk god Bootsy Collins’ Ladies Nite featuring MC Eiht

Collins’ upcoming LP World Wide Funk features Kali Uchis, Chuck D and Big Daddy Kane

Selections: Josey Rebelle

Welcome back to Selections, a series of exclusive artist-curated Spotify playlists from those in the…

The Beat Goes On: Remembering Clyde Stubblefield

The rhythms that drummer Clyde Stubblefield laid down with James Brown would alter the path of modern music forever. Nick Boyd celebrates the man who helped the world find its funk.

Staying In

Your guide of what to watch, read and listen to this weekend

Aretha Franklin announces her retirement

Soul legend Aretha Franklin has announced that her next album will be her last. The…

William Onyeabor, legendary Nigerian musician, has died

The cult musician, best-known for his song When The Going is Smooth and Good, was…

Nao:
Home Grown Soul

Gunseli Yalcinkaya meets the Hackney-raised singer in an East London cafe to talk identity and community in an evolving landscape

Blood Orange – Freetown Sound

The hype surrounding Devonté Hynes’ timely release of Freetown Sound, under his Blood Orange moniker,…

Experimental heroes Black Dice return with Big Deal

Longstanding experimental trio Black Dice have just shared their first song in four years and…

Aesthetic:
FunkinEven

Alongside our extensive shoot, Steven Julien, aka Funkineven, talks ditching his moniker and mapping the demise of a fallen angel for his debut album

Blood Orange announces release date of new album, Freetown Sound

After the drop of his intimate album cover earlier this week, Dev Hynes has unveiled…

Patrick Cowley – Muscle Up

Cowley’s world was “a bubble in time and space”, his sound a vibrant time capsule for the sexually charged climate of San Francisco in the 70s

Prince rumours suggest a stripped-back sixteen-date European tour

The proposed dates will take the icon and his piano around Europe in two weeks time…

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Count Counsellor – Disco Dodo

Winter might be fast approaching but Count Counsellor can’t help but sound like summer in this cut from his ‘& The Childhood Heroes’ EP

Dam-Funk:
Pasadena Boogie Cat

An interview with LA’s Dam-Funk: a Funkster through and through

20 Questions: Julio Bashmore

We called Bristol’s finest, Julio Bashmore, to chat about Dungeons & Dragons, Debenhams’ restaurant and hybridising meat-based dishes

Seven Davis Jr – Universes

There’s something extremely impulsive about Seven Davis Jr.’s debut album, as if it were thrown…

Dâm-Funk details Invite The Light album, shares new track We Continue

The LA veteran’s first solo album in nearly six years is coming soon. On 4…

Mbongwana Star

A thrilling new sound emerging from the slums of the Congo