This week’s Fresh Friday doubles down on the good times, reflected by the soulful funk of Grace Jones, Grandmaster Flash, Ahmad Jamal, Ronnie Laws, Parliament, The Staples Singers, and Mos Def.

This week’s Fresh Friday is a balance of certainty and doubt, obscured by the weighty jazz of Letta Mbulu, David Axelrod, Doug & Jean Carn, Roy Ayers, Bill Evans, Hugh Masekela, and J.J. Johnson.

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 is a soulful negotiation, pushed and pulled by the funky fresh sounds of Gal Costa, Ramsey Lewis, Barbara & Ernie, William DeVaughn, Freddie Hubbard, Seu Jorge, and The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

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 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.

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 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.

This week’s Fresh Friday anticipates the light as we exit the tunnel, warmed by the soulful glow of Bill Evans, Donald Byrd, Gene Russell, Abbey Lincoln, Joe Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Groove Holmes, and Nina Simone.

This week’s Fresh Friday sprouts beauty through the muck, watered by the delicate grooves of Nikki Giovanni, Erasmo Carlos, Michael Franks, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Blossom Dearie, David Axelrod, Don Cherry, Cymande, and Smokey Robinson.

This week’s Fresh Friday is fresh out, yet reassured by the illuminating glow of Bill Evans, Labi Siffre, The Chi-Lites, Art Farmer, Eddie Harris, Gwen McCrae, Pete Jolly, and The Wild Magnolias.

Savor the last drops of summer with a fresh soul-ade that is sure to sate your thirst, sweetened by the syrupy funk of Lonnie Liston Smith, The Voices of East Harlem, Ramsey Lewis, Mind & Matter, The Fatback Band, Walter Lewis & the Blue Stars, Patrice Rushen, and Roy Ayers Ubiquity.

Step in rhythm to this week’s Fresh Friday, synchronized by the unifying funk of Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s, Blue Mitchell, Betty Wright, Leroy Hutson, The Counts, Ann Peebles, Groove Holmes, and the Blackbyrds.

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.

Let this week’s Fresh Friday lift you above the moonlit skies, set adrift by the haunting sounds of Azymuth, Bill Withers, George Benson, Bohannon, Wings, The Heptones, Bill Evans & Jim Hall, and the Beastie Boys.

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 rain-soaked mix delivers the freshest of Fridays, nourished by the restorative soul of Rudy Ray Moore, The Kinks, Johnny Hammond, Nino Ferrer & Radiah, Otis Redding, Bill Evans, Lonnie Liston Smith, and Sly & The Family Stone! 

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!