Devon Funk & Soul Club

17/10/2025

I was busy while half-listening to the show, and thought Craig had put together an hour-long farewell special for you 😅 Well done Adam, proud that you've been putting the south west firmly on the funk and soul map over the last 2 decades 💥🙏💯

10/10/2025

Ireland’s government has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support up to 2,200 artists, creative workers and musicians next year.

After being piloted in 2022, the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) scheme will now become permanent under Budget 2026, secured by the Minister for Culture, Patrick O’Donovan.

The scheme originally aimed to “address the financial instability faced by many working in the arts”, encouraging artists and creative arts workers to apply for a weekly allowance.

Participants in the new permanent scheme will receive €325 a week, with payments made monthly. Those eligible will be able to apply from September 2026.

10/10/2025

🪩 It’s been a minute, but I’ve just updated the ‘Lack of Afro Selects’ playlist (link in bio) to include some tracks I was feeling (and inspired by) during the making of the new album ‘Love Dealer’ (which is out tomorrow btw!). Enjoy X 🪩
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46AoyBkcjUBpk7flujBxOr?si=ZTNVrpSFRMqV0Wd3sE0Rfw&pi=x4bNxiD-QP2_o

07/10/2025

Well said, 00 👏

I keep seeing a new trend of communities and pages bashing older DJs with the usual cheerleading that goes with it. Naturally, I’m shaking my head, but I want to shed a different light and perspective on this to perhaps make people think twice.

When we started as DJs many years ago, the electronic dance scene that we all know and love today didn’t exist at all. The birth of electronic dance music was in its early stages, and passionate DJs just wanted to play. So we created our own parties—raves, warehouse parties. As much as that sounds easy in today’s world, back then we were fighting a full-scale attack from the media and government trying to close us down. They even introduced a bill, the Criminal Justice Bill, allowing them to arrest us and confiscate our equipment. Dance music was portrayed as the enemy and associated with hardcore drugs in the government’s eyes, and they took the fight to us. But we fought back for years, we fought hard for our rights to build an electronic scene, throw more parties, and took to the streets protesting—and we won, forging the way for the beautiful scene we all enjoy today.

Importantly, we broke the stereotypical rules of a DJ’s career. Back then, there was nothing ahead of us as a benchmark—we were creating this new, fresh dance scene and culture. Many, including myself, thought the end of a DJ’s career would be in our early 30s and made alternative plans. But that same fire, that same drive, once again broke those rules, and the scene continues without age limits all around—from DJs to ravers.

I get it—we were all young once, and I’ve said my fair share of dumb things in the past. But what we’ve created for the next generation of DJs is a platform for them to forge their whole career as a DJ. Same for clubbers—you can continue to dance forever with no rules or boundaries. After all, we never wanted this ride to end, that’s why we never stopped, and we never will.

12/08/2025

Do you remember dancing at The Warehouse on Union Street back in the 90's? 🪩

The club has now been featured in a documentary made by Daniel Howard-Baker.

Listen here: https://bbc.in/45daEvh

📷 David Green/Cultural Vibes