Funk Archaeology
Rare funk, soul, psychedelia and rap you won't hear anywhere else, selected by Egon.
Gimme Gimme Records in Manhattan's East Village, Egon's source for an affordable copy of Charles 'Cha Cha' Shaw's Kingdom Come.
Egon takes to the bins of New York record stores to hunt down five obscure finds for under $100.
Recent Funk Archaeology
October 21, 2008 Hear five classic songs that exemplify the nearly extinct style of hyperactive, multisyllabic rap.
November 28, 2011 Hear the fruits of a record-canvassing mission co-piloted by Madlib.
September 24, 2010 When in Lisbon, Stones Throw Records GM Egon hits the record stores in search of Angolan funk.
September 30, 2011 Teenagers in the city's Summer Jazz Workshops made deep jazz and raw funk way beyond their years.
