Listen a spell to Odetta, a musical matriarch. Follow-up on Theo Parrish and check out DJ Spinna. We conclude with an investigation of "River Man" featuring the composer Nick Drake plus Shawn Lee, Brad Mehldau and Andy Bey. Another deep week at BoL.

We begin with "Love Don’t Love Nobody," a true soul classic by The Spinners paired with the Isley Brothers’ "Love Comes and Goes." Then we cross the water for some English Soul from Alice Russell. We close with Theo Parrish, Anthony Hamilton and Jill Scott originals and remixes. Soul music week on BoL.

Old skool classics from Earth, Wind & Fire; contemporary work from De La Soul, a trio of mature rappers; and Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Chuck Brown, The World Saxophone Quartet featuring drummer Jack DeJohnette, Cassandra Wilson and an Al Jarreau/George Benson collaboration offer us enticing versions of "Tutu."

She started recording in the late Fifties and was a major jazz vocalist in the Sixties. She took a 13-year recording haitus and in the Nineties re-emerged to critical acclaim and produced at least one album a year. She’s both an heir to the tradition of Billie Holiday and an iconoclastic producer of revolutionary jazz. Her name is Abbey Lincoln. We feature and salute Ms. Lincoln in this week’s BoL.