Check out this week’s lineup: jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson, Ottawa-based afrobeat band The SoulJazz Orchestra, and 13 versions of "Since I Fell For You" featuring Buddy & Ella Johnson, Joe Turner & Count Basie, Nancy Wilson, Andy Bey & the Bey Sisters, Stanley Turrentine & the Three Sounds, Gladys Knight, Chuck Brown, The Persuasions, John Holt, Jimmy Witherspoon & Groove Holmes, Whirimako Black, Mose Allison, Dinah Washington, Hank Crawford, and Mark Murphy.

Hot and hard R&B from Ike & Tina Turner opens up this week. We follow with an overview of the recording career of Vusi Mahlasela, "the voice" of South Africa. And we close with Dakar, a Gold Dragon remix of classic Biggie. A little something for diverse tastes. Enjoy.

Love songs from Smokey Robinson, new African lyrics from Somi, and interpretations of "My Funny Valentine" from Whirimako Black, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Nancy Wilson, Hank Jones, Kevin Mahogany, Eddie Harris, Dianne Reeves, Roy Hargrove, Ian Shaw, Jean-Michel Pilc, Sarah Vaughan, Keith Jarrett, Rachelle Ferrell, Miles Davis, Eve Cornelious, Billy Harper and Etta James. Love hugs all around.

WE start the week with African beats from Babatunde Olatunji, Art Blakey and Doudou N’diaye Rose. Then we offer new music from Gil Scott-Heron and Sade. And we close out with gorgeous work from Maysa Leak covering standards.