Tonic: The Funky Groove Show

01/17/2025

Tonight, we are BACK with an all-new mix of funky music, including tunes by George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners, Mike Stern, Chicago Afrobeat Project, The Boom Yeh, plus, we'll go on a Funk Odyssey... (gotta tune in to find out what THAT means)! 🪬 Listen LIVE, 9-11 PM Central, Fri., Jan. 17, online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. Gonna be a hot night on the radio! 🔥

01/16/2025

Just enjoying a tasty seasonal cocktail and these new TASTY Tekton Design speakers up at The Sound Bar in OKC. 10/10 listening experience - check ‘em out, and tell ‘em Michael B sent ya. 😉

01/10/2025

TONIGHT'S 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ musical celebration concludes with funky tuneage from the likes of The Greyboy Allstars, Mark Lettieri, The Rare Sounds, The Pulitzers, and much more! Tune in and listen LIVE, 9-11 PM Central, Fri., Jan. 10, online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's the HAPPIEST way to start the New Year! 🎉

01/10/2025

OKC peeps! If the roads clear up this evening and you need a night out, The Sound Bar is THE PLACE to be tonight, Jan. 10! They’re playing the music of one of my favorite funk outfits, Redtenbacher's Funkestra and related projects from MasterlinkSessions in England. Guaranteed to be a fantastic evening of funky, soulful, bluesy, jazzy music on the best hi-fi sound system in the OKC metro! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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01/08/2025

The 💥New Year💥 festivities continue this Friday, Jan. 10, as we celebrate last year's funky contributions with another round of 2024 tunes! Tune in to hear music by Ari Joshua Artist Page, Bernie Worrell, Silver Skylarks, Mestizo Beat, and loads more! Listen LIVE, 9-11 PM Central, online at www.KGOU.org, your local - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's two hours of music that'll make you go "ooh" and "ah!"😎

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01/03/2025

New Year, new episode! 🎆Tune in TONIGHT for our annual look back on last year's music, as we serve up two hours of 2024's top funky hits! Check out tunes by Redtenbacher's Funkestra, Resolution 88, Joe Tatton Trio, Ghost-Note, and so much more! Listen LIVE, 9-11 PM Central, online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's an episode EXPLODING with funky hits from 2024! 🎇

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01/01/2025

Happy Funky New Year! 💥 Tune in this Fri., Jan. 3, for an all-new edition of Tonic, where we'll look back on last year with two hours of the best selections from 2024's funky music! We'll hear from Life of Grime (Chris Lujan), Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Claudio Corona, and Derek Frank, plus a whole section dedicated to the music of the Colemine Records label. Listen LIVE, 9-11 PM Central, online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's part one of a two-week special celebrating 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣!

12/22/2024

The holidays are almost here, but there's already a big ol' FUNKY gift under the tree for you: KGOU is offering a HOLIDAY BONUS today, Sunday, Dec. 22, 1-5 PM, and rebroadcasting Tonic's 2024 and 2023 holiday episodes, back-to-back! Tune in during TODAY'S normal The Weekend Blues slot for four hours of funky holiday music, perfect for gift wrapping, shopping, or just sitting by the fire. It's the gift that keeps on giving, the whole day through! 👍

Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. 🎄🎁

12/21/2024

If you missed either of this year's Tonic ❄️holiday❄️ special episodes, then I've got great news for you: KGOU is offering a HOLIDAY BONUS this Sunday, Dec. 22, 1-5 PM, and rebroadcasting Tonic's 2024 and 2023 holiday episodes, back-to-back! Tune in during Sunday's normal The Weekend Blues slot for four hours of funky holiday music, fun for the whole family. Better than a subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club‼️

Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. ⛄️

12/20/2024

Give your holidays the FUNK treatment with tonight's holiday funk special! 🕺 Tune in TONIGHT, Friday, Dec. 20, 9-11 PM for an encore presentation of our 2023 holiday episode, and hear funky takes on holiday favorites, plus selections from the Nutcracker Suite, a tribute to Christmas villains, and loads more! 😈 Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU.

Special BONUS: Tune in to KGOU this Sunday, Dec. 22, 1-5 PM and hear BOTH 2024 and 2023 Tonic holiday specials back-to-back during the normal The Weekend Blues slot! 🎁

12/18/2024

Santa's on his way, he's filled his sleigh with... FUNK! 🤩 Tune in this Friday, Dec. 20, 9-11 PM for an encore presentation of our 2023 holiday special, with tons of great, funky holiday music, the likes of which you won't hear *nowhere* else! 🎧Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. Funkify your holidays with Tonic! 🎉

Special BONUS: Tune in to KGOU this Sunday, Dec. 22, 1-5 PM and hear BOTH 2024 and 2023 Tonic holiday specials back-to-back during the normal The Weekend Blues slot! 🎅🤘 Oh yeah!

12/13/2024

Who's ready for some holiday FUNK? 🎄Tune in TONIGHT, Fri., Dec. 13, 9-11 PM Central, to hear fonky songs of the season, with a feature on Vince Guaraldi tunes, sled/sleigh/skating songs, and tons more. Hear wonderful winter tunes by Brian Culbertson Official, the Hamburg Spinners, Red Light Brass Band, Band of Other Brothers, and lots more! Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's the most FUNK-iful time of the year! ⛄️

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12/12/2024

It's almost time to get your holly jollies! This year's annual HOLIDAY FUNK SPECIAL returns this Fri., Dec. 13, with an all-new selection of funky tunes of the season you definitely won't hear nowhere else. Tune in 9-11 PM Central for songs by DoubleTooth, The Bamboos, Duke Pearson, the Woody Goss Trio, and more! Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. HO HO HO YEAH!! 🎅🎁

12/06/2024

Tonight's show can't stop, won't stop bringing the Funk! Tune in TONIGHT, Fri., Dec. 6, 9-11 PM Central, for a funky selection that includes Shirley Scott, Trio of Doom (John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, & Tony Williams), The Headhunters, Papa Grows Funk, and SO MUCH MORE. Listen LIVE online at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. THE FUNK IS NIGH... 😳