This week’s Fresh Friday washes it all away, cleansed by the restorative soul of Bill Evans, The Jones Girls, The Isley Brothers, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Lou Donaldson, Marvin Gaye, De La Soul, and Aretha Franklin.

This week’s Fresh Friday is a jolt of high-wattage soul, electrified by The Staples Jr. Singers, The Lijadu Sisters, Black Star, Herbie Hancock, Curtis Mayfield, Kuku Sebsibe, Marvin Gaye, and Sly Stone.

It’s Fresh Friday and the livin’ is easy. This week’s mix is like aloe on a crispy day, soothed by the cooling soul of The Twinkle Brothers, Bu Pleasant, Q-Tip, RAMP, Rasa, Chick Corea, Roberta Flack, and Meluken Melesse.

Let this week’s Fresh Friday rock you into a golden slumber, soothed by the gentle soul of The Zombies, Leroy Hutson, Kimiko Kasai, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Edwin Starr, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, and Lowbites.

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 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 wash it all away, warmed by the cleansing soul of Bill Evans, Gil Scott-Heron, Anthony Williams, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Sam Cooke, Bettye Swann, and A Tribe Called Quest.

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 haunts like a lingering dream, featuring the misunderstood magic of Shel Silverstein, Bobby Charles, Kathleen Emery, Chick Corea, Jim Sullivan, McDonald & Giles, Love Apple, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, The Free Design, Brenton Wood, and Donovan.

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.

This week’s Fresh Friday was curated entirely by my friend and co-worker, Bojana Ostojic, who is moving on from Microsoft after 20+ years, celebrated by the soulful tones of Goran Bregovic, Supertramp, Otis Redding, The Doors, Natalie Merchant, Talking Heads, The Revivalists, Lahasa, and Nina Simone.

Set adrift on memory bliss with this week’s Fresh Friday, freed by the buoyant soul of Earth, Wind, & Fire, Bernard Wright, Eugene Record, The Jones Sisters, Prince, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, John Holt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Deodato.

This week’s Fresh Friday is a continuous pulse of jazz-infused empowerment, fueled by the nonstop rhythms of The Young-Holt Unlimited, Alan Hull, Reuben Wilson, Herbie Hancock, Dr. John, Nina Simone, Jim Sullivan, and Shirley Scott.

Bask in the earthy glow of this week’s Fresh Friday, restored by the organic sounds of Marcos Valle, Paul Simon, Ramsey Lewis, Ronnie Foster, Betty Wright, Harry Belafonte, The Free Design, and Wings…Mother Nature!

This week’s Fresh Friday welcomes the relief of spring, thawed by the sincere radiance of The Supremes, Prince, EPMD, Roy Ayers, The Swingle Singers, Bill Evans, Deniece Williams, Eddie Kendricks, and De La Soul.

This week’s Fresh Friday welcomes guest deejay, Miles (who curated the album selection, track-list, title, and cover), and sows the seeds of pre-spring funk, nourished by Jimi Hendrix, Lee Morgan, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and James Brown!

This week’s Fresh Friday concludes our ascension into 2019, elevated by the ambitious funk of Cymande, The Moments, Ahmad Jamal, The Four Mints, James Brown, William Bell, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band, and Gil Scott-Heron!

This week’s Fresh Friday mix is tryin’ to tell you that it cares, expressed by the words and sounds of Biz Markie, The Sylvers, Bobbi Humphrey, Minnie Ripperton, Heatwave, Stevie Wonder, Arthur Verocai, Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, and A Tribe Called Quest.