This week we feature reggae’s cool ruler Gregory Isaccs, two bold souls in vocalists Janelle Monáe and Leela James, and we close out with 19 versions of Charlie Chaplin’s song "Smile" featuring Janelle Monáe, Diana Ross, Jimmy Scott, Kaclu Terrasson, Lina Nyberg, Hugh Masekela, Djavan, Jacintha, Etta Cameron, Take 6, Bireli Lagrene, Donald Brown, Ruth Brown, Milt Jackson, Jerry Butler, Kenny Burrell, Mariza, Sonny Criss and Sun Ra.

Master songwriter/performer Curtis Mayfield kicks off the week, we follow with Brazil’s female vocal ensemble, Trio Esperança, and close with 18 versions of "Take The -A- Train featuring Duke Ellington, Betty Roche, NDR Big Band, Johnny Hartman, Ray Brown w/ Gene Harris, Eddie Jefferson, Billy Strayhorn, Phyliss Hyman, Louis Jordan, Ray Bryant, Dizzy Gillespie, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, World Saxophone Quartet, Sun Ra, Jorge Reyes, Deodato, and Chuck Brown.

We start this week with an O’Jays retrospective; and continue with an investigation of recent recordings from Salif Keita, the golden voice of Mali; and we conclude with a dozen versions of "Let’s Stay Together" featuring Al Green, Jimmy Smith, Aaradhna, Alex Wilson, Edwin Starr, Rev. Robert Lowe, Tina Turner, Aaron Neville with Chaka Khan, Tuck & Patti, Billy Paul, Wallace Roney and Roberta Flack. A week of wonderful vocal stylings.

This week we feature seminal recordings from Black Uhuru; give a listen to Chrisitan Scott, an emerging jazz trumpet titan; and close out with a brace of Erykah Badu remixes—a week of cutting edge music.

Have you ever actually heard Harlem’s The Last Poets? Have you ever heard of South Africa’s Tumi Molakane? Sly & The Family Stone, Natalie Cole, Macy Gray and Corinne Bailey Rae each cover "Que Sera, Sera," which one do you like best? Check out this week’s Breath of Life for the answers to all these questions.