This week’s Fresh Friday looks to the stars, set adrift by the enlightening soul of The Modern Jazz Quartet, Walt Barr, Charles Stepney, Herbie Hancock, Esther Philips, Marcos Valle, Wings, and Michael Jackson.

This week’s Fresh Friday rises above, reflected by the soulful glints of Lonnie Liston Smith, Kimiko Kasai, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, The Meters, Deniece Williams, and Herp Albert.

This week’s Fresh Friday will salve your soul, sutured by the healing sounds of Wings, Kimiko Kasai, Roy Ayers, Ronnie Foster, Bobbi Humphrey, Deodato, Sweet Talks, and David Axelrod.

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.

After ten years of Freshness, this week drops a collection of favorites from years’ past, with soul vibrations provided by Roy Ayers’ Ubiquity, Kansas City Express, Bohannon, Kool & the Gang, Art Blakey, El Chicano, Junior Parker, and the Impressions. (Cover featuring “Rescue” by Dawn Bassett)

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 turns a narrative page, propelled forward by the reflective soul of Curtis Mayfield, The Sylvers, The Real ShooBeeDoo, Don Thompson, Lalomie Washburn, 79.5, Larry Young, and Digital Underground.

In anticipation of Pride month, this Fresh Friday celebrates everyone who has ever felt unsafe to share their true selves. Pride cannot be contained or quarantined. It can be amplified by the outside world, but lives within you. It is an enduring expression of honesty, authenticity, and love.

This week’s mix is just what the doctor ordered: a fresh Spring vaccine, restored by the inoculating soul of Gil Scott-Heron, The Jan Hammer Group, Marcos Valle, The Redd Holt Unlimited, Don Thompson, Lalomie Washburn, The New Birth, and Pete Jolly!

This week’s Fresh Friday shuffles and struts its way toward 2020, powered by the electrifying soul of Marlena Shaw, Jeanette “Lady” Day, Les McCann, Rose Royce, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, and Curtis Mayfield!

This week’s Fresh Friday pushes the borderline, replenished by the fulfilling funk of Aram Khachaturian, Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin, Madonna, Ramsey Lewis, Michael Jackson, George Benson, and Blossom Dearie!

This week's Fresh Friday lights the runway as we join together to pilot 2018 toward more peaceful skies, lifted by the soulful flow of Gene Harris, Asha Puthli, The Soul Searchers, Freddie Hubbard, Heatwave, The Impressions, and MFSB!

Ah, the devil is loose, the devil is loose, go and get him...armed with the powerful sounds of Asha Puthli, Ike Turner, Coke Escovado, Eddie Palmieri, Doug & Jean Carn, Al Green, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, and RAMP.

As the sweet beat of summer raps softly, let your happiness outshine the morning sun and behold the soulful glory of Shuggie Otis, Stevie Wonder, Hugh Masekela & Hedzolah Soundz, Betty Everett, Kermit the Frog, Manu Dibango, Otis Redding, and Vi Redd!

Help ring in the fresh New Year with this funk-injected mix, scientifically calibrated to 13… abetted by the super-soul of The Galactic Force Band, Gloria Jones, Minnie Riperton, The Blackbyrds, David T. Walker, Grant Green, and Reebop!