Stevie Wonder singing the seasons. A quick survey of contemporary sounds from Senegal featuring Nuru Kane, Baaba Maal with Ernest Ranglin, Youssou N’Dour, Orchestre Baobab, Pape & Cheikh, Kora Jazz Trio and Doudou N’Diaye Rose. Covers of "Tears Of A Clown" featuring live Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Junior English, Chosen Few, Kevin Mahogany and Nnenna Freelon.

This week BoL features the great William ‘Smokey’ Robinson, one of the all-time great composers of popular music. We also have The Temptations and cameo appearances from Taj Mahal and Dionne Farris. It’s a week to recognize!

Father (Abdullah Ibrahim), mother (Sathima Bea Benjamin), child (Jean Grae). The holy trinity of human existence. That’s it on BoL this week and as far as humans go, that’s all will ever be. Forward!

Three generations of masters of the music: Nat King Cole, Jill Scott and Curtis Mayfield (with an assist from jazz bassist William Parker featuring vocalist Leena Conquest and poet Amiri Baraka). This is a week of monsterpieces—don’t sleep!

This week we feature the nexus of jazz and pop with Joni Mitchell and Herbie Hancock along with Tina Turner and Wayne Shorter. Then we head south of the border featuring Marta Gómez plus 14 versions (woo-hooo!!!) of "Bésame Mucho" from the composer Consuelo Velázquez along with Josephine Baker, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Andy & The Bey Sisters, Isabel Pantoja, Worldwide Groove Corporation, Lila Downs, Carmen McRae & Cal Tjader, Dianne Reeves, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Francisco Cespedes, Rosa Passos, Iraida and Tania Maria. Viva!