This week’s Fresh Friday is a mess of R&B and funk, overwhelmed by the soulful sounds of The Jones Girls, Little Sister, BLO, Black Children Sledge Funk Group, The Blackbyrds, Bobbi Humphrey, Les McCann, and The Twinkle Brothers.

This week’s Fresh Friday hangs at the precipice, warmed by the soulful bouillabaisse of Aretha Franklin, Afrique, Willam Onyeabor, Bobby Timmons, Patrice Rushen, Arthur Conley, Fred & the New J.B.’s, and Garaldo Pino & the Heart Beats.

This week’s Fresh Friday holds its head high, lifted by the esteemed soul of Sam Cooke, Wings, Patrice Rushen, Bobby Hutcherson, The Lijadu Sisters, Dilla x The Beach Boys, and Ndikho Xaba.

This week’s Fresh Friday is a ray of sunshine through the early spring clouds, thawed by the warm sounds of Joe Eboh, The Apostles, Cymande, ESG, Love Apple, Hailu Mergia & The Walias, and Jean Paul ‘El Troglodita'.

This week’s Fresh Thursday (?) is a soulful digestif to help wash down another challenging year, ripened by the sweet and complex sounds of Erasmo Carlos, Oy Onyioha, Los Disco Duro, The Jungle Brothers, Sweet Talks, Minnie Riperton, Pretty Purdie & the Playboys, and Charles Wright.

This week’s Fresh Friday ventures to disrupt the monotony, spun round by the momentous soul of The Village Callers, Dr. Lonnie Smith, The Meters, The Esbee Family, Christy Essien, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Mayfield, and the Lijadu Sisters.

This week’s Fresh Friday honors music and musicians across Africa, pulsed by the soulful heartbeat of Mulatu Astatke (with the Heliocentrics), William Onyeabor, Hailu Mergia, Fela Kuti, The Dur-Dur Band, Alemayehu Eshete, Dollar Brand & Johnny Dyani, and Hugh Masekela (with Hedzolah Sounds).