This week’s mixtape contains 44 classic New Orleans R&B songs, and then we move on to Deep Rumba with a afro-Cuban workout and we close with five versions of "Why Am I Treated So Bad" featuring Pops Staples, James Brown, Cannonball Adderley, the reggae group Seasoning, and Mavis Staples. Over three hours of deep, deep music.

Al Green returns with nearly an hour of classic material. We follow with new music from monster, British beat-master kidkanevil. We close out with eight (Yo-Yo Ma & Rosa Passos, Wes Montgomery, Gal Costa, McCoy Tyner, Miucha, Gene Ammons, Ivan Lins, and Dianne Reeves) interpretations of the Brazilian classic, "Once I Loved."

The classic this week is Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas has an excellent new album, and we close with an extended consideration of the revolutionary Ms. Erykah Badu—and as she says: Peace after Revolution!

BoL starts the new year with Jerry Butler, Nneka, and covers of the entire What’s Going On album featuring Grover Washington Jr., DJ Trus’Me, Marvin Gaye, Sandra de Sa, Keb’ Mo’, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Marlena Shaw, Boyz II Men, Ivan Neville, Aretha Franklin, Nona Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron and Angela Winbush. Happy New Year!