Funk Soul

PBS has the best of new and classic funk, deep soul, crossover, Northern soul, disco and soulful electronic. If you want to find out about the greats of the past of the sounds of today, then PBS has all of your funk and soul needs covered.

News

Emma Volard - Alibi

Mon 10 Jun 2024 to Sun 16 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Alibi, the sophomore album by Naarm/Melbourne future soul artist Emma Volard.

Emma has never shied away from being a warrior for inclusivity, and these themes are often at the forefront of their storytelling. Alibi sees Emma stepping confidently into their own sonic world, expanding further on their introspective storytelling and pushing the limits of the future soul sound.

 

Rowena Wise - Senseless Acts of Beauty

Mon 3 Jun 2024 to Sun 9 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Senseless Acts of Beauty, the highly anticipated debut album by Rowena Wise.

The Naarm/Melbourne based artist is known for creating music ruminating on love, alienation, and self-empowerment. A new zenith, Rowena's songs are full of emotional depth, and by allowing a searing honesty to run throughout, she’s being true to herself and the listener, holding space for all of life’s wonder and mess. Over the album’s 10 tracks, she offers heady ruminations on love, loss, and alienation yet counters them with warmth, courage, and empowerment. 

Watch: Firetail Studio 5 Live

Mon 3 Jun 2024
Studio 5 Live

Firetail's music spans from '70s jazz-fusion, South Indian Carnatic music and their very own brand of jazz-tronica. Since 2018, Firetail has been blending soul-infused rhythms with evocative melodies and driving percussion. Firetail's unique sound is further enriched by collaborations with diverse disciplinary artists, weaving a tapestry of musical unity that transcends borders. 

Firetail's debut album Undertow is a deep dive down the whirlpool of space-jazz-funk that was mixed and engineered by Myles Mumford and mastered by Rick O'Neil. 

Karate Boogaloo - Hold Your Horses

Mon 27 May 2024 to Sun 2 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Hold Your Horses, the sophomore album by Naarm locals Karate Boogaloo.

Following on from the cult classic Carn The Boogers, Hold Your Horses is a document of Karate Boogaloo’s distinct interpretation of instrumental funk; respectfully building on a legacy of soul music whilst remaining unimpeachably unique and authentic.

 

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 20 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024
Feature Sounds

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the second week of Radio Festival 2024 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs!

TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS - 'Cerulean'

Radio Festival Daily Prizes 2024

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024
PBS News

Join or renew your PBS Membership between May 13 and 26 to be in the draw for a daily prize pack.

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 19 May 2024
Feature Sounds

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the first week of Radio Festival 2024 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs!

PBS Welcomes Two New Shows To The Grid

Mon 13 May 2024
PBS News

PBS is excited to welcome two brand new programs to the grid this May!

Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice

Mon 6 May 2024 to Sun 12 May 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Funeral For Justice, the new album by Mdou Moctar.

Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, Funeral For Justice captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down.

Watch: Erica Tucceri Studio 5 Live

Tue 30 Apr 2024
Studio 5 Live

Erica Tucceri is an improvising flutist, composer and producer who sits at the cutting edge of the Melbourne/Naarm music scene. 

A prolific collaborator, she has sprinkled her magic flute dust on all of your favourite local releases (ZFEX, Don Glori, Surprise Chef, Jitwam, Teymori, Jake Amy, WVR BVBY + more), garnering worldwide airplay and praise from the likes of Gilles Peterson and Motor City Drum Ensemble.