About

Sunshine After Dark is a weekly radio show "all about disco" produced by John Huck in Edmonton, Alberta for campus/community radio station CJSR. The show is also carried by CHMA in Sackville, New Brunswick and CKXU in Lethbridge, Alberta.

CJSR broadcasts from Treaty 6 Territory, CHMA from the Unceded Traditional Territory of the Mi’kmaq, Siknikt District, and CKXU from Treaty 7 Territory.

Get in touch

• sunshineafterdark @ cjsr.com

Follow me

• Follow me on Instagram (@jhuck8) to see weekly posts about records on the show.
• Follow me on Mixcloud to get email notifications when I share new episodes and posts.
• Check out my Linktree for current links to streaming sources, past episodes, and other info.

My philosophy about the show

Sunshine After Dark tells the story of disco from its humble origins in the clubs and communities of New York City, through subsequent phases of international fame, commercial exploitation, icarian fall, and underground redemption. The spirit of disco never died and is celebrated on dance floors around the world today. On the show, I explore classic disco, Philly soul, jazz-funk, Euro disco, Canadian disco, Italo disco, post-disco, Hi-NRG, modern edits, and more.

Sunshine After Dark is like a spaceship on a journey to another time and place. I take the attitude that I am still learning what disco actually was and is and the show is a vehicle for that learning. Over the course of the past three years, I have become fascinated with the idea of playing sets of songs released in the same month or year, like a time capsule, which unlocks a unique listening experience and proves that the affective power of the music remains potent, given the right context.