We kick off the week with an extended workout with Big Joe Turner, the boss of the blues. Next up is the 21st century music of Mark de Clive-Lowe and Freesoul Sessions. And we end the week with two hours of Jimi Hendrix covers and rare performances featuring Clas Yngström, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Nguyen Le, Art Ensemble of Chicago, World Saxophone Quartet, Defunkt, Gil Evans, Chaka Khan, Doug Wamble, Tuck & Patti, Triad, Caron Wheeler, Susheela Raman and Angelique Kidjo. It’s a deep week!

A week to give thanks. We open with newly re-mastered material from Nigeria’s Fela Kuti. Then comes N’Dambi with one of the best Soul albums of 2009. And we close with majestic interpretations of "Wise One" by John Coltrane, Dwight Tribble, Archie Shepp, Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch, Bobby Hutcherson, and Ravi Coltrane. Give mucho thanks.

We start with prison work songs from Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas; then we dive down to Jamrock to catch up to reggae songstress Cherine Anderson; and we end with an exploration of "Work Song" by lyricist Oscar Brown Jr., composer Nat Adderley, Joe Williams, Michael Wolff, Terry Callier, Cannonball Adderley, Nina Simone and Afro-German vocalist Lyambiko. Plus three bonus cuts featuring Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler and Otis Redding.

This is a deep week. We kick off with Miles Davis & John Coltrane, live performances from 1960, the last time they performed together in concert. Then we cross the pond to check out British media personality and songtress Mica Paris. Then check your passport because we go all over the world with 17 versions of "Waiting In Vain" featuring Bob Marley, Floetry, Ruia, Lee Ritennour & Maxi Priest, Annie Lennox, Coco Tea & Cutty Ranks, Marvin Gaye, Lou Pride, MYMP, Jody Watley, Marisa Lindsay, Gilberrto Gil, Dianne Reeves with The Doky Brothers.

Let’s do church with Kirk Franklin—he’s black Baptist so we’re going to be there a minute. Then let’s do struggle with Massive Attack, Macy Gray, Grace Jones, Lamya, Jhelisa, Jean Grae, Ani DiFranco, Nina Simone, Meshell Ndegeocello, The Pretenders, and Erykah Badu. And let’s close out with Concha Buika and Chucho Valdes investigating the music of Chavela Vargas.