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!

The week’s Fresh Friday finds balance amongst chaos, steadied by the high flying soul of The Valentinos, Blue Mitchell, Cymande, Lee Morgan, The Dramatics, Larry Young, The Miracles, and Gilberto Gil!

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.

This week’s Fresh Friday gets things done like they’ve never been done, held together by the unified soul of EPMD, Betty Davis, Allen Toussaint, John Lennon, Barbara & Ernie, Nina Simone, James Brown, and Delroy Wilson.

This week’s Fresh Friday is a beautiful mess of rhythm, tangled by the soulful sounds of Lorez Alexandria, Luis Bonfá, Jimmy Smith, Pete Jolly, Cal Tjader, The Royal Jesters, The Har-You Percussion Group, and Blossom Dearie.

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.

This week’s Fresh Friday illuminates the path of your inner world, guided by the stirring sounds of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Whatnauts, Barbara & Ernie, Delroy Wilson, Charlie Earland, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Heptones, and Bob Dylan.

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!

Surrender yourself to this week’s Fresh Friday, which features a cover by the amazing Ryan Hastings and the liberating tones of OMD, Queen, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Kinks, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Melanie, Bobby Taylor, and Brian Eno.

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!

Fall into this week’s Fresh Friday, steadied by the foundational soul of Bernice Reagon, Roy Ayers, Eddie Harris, Blossom Dearie, Bill Evans & Jim Hall, Rusty Bryant, and The Singers Unlimited.

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 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 longs for the sound of a distant train, echoed by the strange sounding soul of Sam Cooke, Cal Tjader, Kraftwerk, Serge Gainsbourg, Leon Spencer, The Free Design, Volta Jazz, Marie Laforêt, and Chet Baker.

Brothers and sisters, this week’s Fresh Friday (on a Tuesday) doesn’t know what the world is coming to, braved by the credible funk of Eddie Kendricks, Maya Angelou, Fela Kuti, Prince, Ann Peebles, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, & Tina Turner.

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.

Enjoy every minute, moment, and second of this week's Fresh Friday, blessed by the ascendant soul of Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, Erik B & Rakim, Wayne Shorter, Girma Bèyènè, The Jungle Brothers, Ronnie Foster, Malo, and Aretha Franklin.

This week's Fresh Friday ensures that everything will turn out alright, soothed by the soulful swagger of The Free Design, Van Dyke Parks, Eddie Harris, The Turtles, Nina Simone, Lyn Collins, Gil Evans, Julius Brockington, and the Beach Boys.