International Day of Indigenous Women and Girls
Murder of Crazy Horse
Opening Song for the Maker – Joy Harjo
Sunrise (Zuni) – Georgia Wettlin-Larsen (Whirling Wind Woman)
Beautiful Dawn – Radmilla Cody
Nada – Lido Pimienta
Voice of the Earth – Emma Stevens
Native Women – Lyla June & Desirae Harp
Grandmother’s Song – Fawn Wood
A Cappella Native American Church Song – LeeAnn Brady
A Winter Dream – Nitanis “Kit” Largo
First Cry – Sharon Burch
New Life – Brianna Lea Pruett
Healers – iskwē
Colonizer – Tanya Tagaq Tongues
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser Do You Ever Get so Sad You Can’t Breathe – Thelma Plum
Ngarrindjeri Woman – Ruby Hunter
Mother Earth – Six Nations Women Singers
Holy, Holy, Holy – Tewa Indian Women’s Choir
Honor Song for an Older Sister – Poldine Carlo
Mother Of Nations – Joanne Shenandoah
In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse – Thunder Bird Sisters
A Man Named Crazy Horse – Shannon Thunderbird
5 September 2026
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6 September 2026
Like A Song… – U2
My Closest Roaddogz – 2Pac
Send One Your Love – Stevie Wonder
Church – Gary Clark Jr.
Timeless Land – Yothu Yindi
Osfour – Watcha Clan
Linden Arden Stole the Highlights – Van Morrison
Glory to Bast – Ludwig Göransson
When It Rains – Christine Anu
A Perfect Day – John McCutcheon
Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano – 1937: III. Largo – Allegro vivo e molto ritmico – Ahn Trio
Down Yonder – Willie Nelson Red
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10: No. 3, Sehr langsam und äußerst ruhig – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Year of the Cat – Al Stewart Year of the Cat \
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4 September 2026
Sit Down by the Fire – The Pogues
The Engadiner Suite, for Piano Trio: III. Winter – Ahn Trio
Somebody’s Darling – Kathy Mattea S
Walking Down Madison – Kirsty MacColl
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Tina Turner
The Otter Song -Too Much Joy
As I Roved Out – Planxty
Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary – Rihanna
By My Own Hand – Fire Crow
Just A Closer Walk With Thee – Archie Roach, feat. Emma Donovan
The Needle’s Eye – Gil Scott-Heron
Alcatraz – Leon Russell
When Love Comes Tumbling In – Paul Brady
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30 August 2026
Anniversary of killing of Fred Hampton.
Dear Daddy – Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr.
Panther – The Last Poets
Fight For You – H.E.R.
Oakland Stroke – Tower Of Power
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1 – James Brown
Oakland – Too $hort
Black Enough – Steel Pulse
Better Off Dead – Bill Withers
Home Is Where the Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Attica Blues – Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini
Am I Black Enough for You? – Billy Paul
2000 Blacks Got to Be Free – Fela Kuti, feat. Roy Ayers
Panther Power – Paris
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Panther Power – 2Pac
Be Real Black for Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
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Remembering Hurricane Katrina; Celebrating New Orleans
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Shelter in the Rain – Irma Thomas]
Cry for New Orleans – Jude Johnstone, Susan Cowsill, John Cowsill, Rodney Crowell, Maxayn Lewis, Vicki Peterson & David Mansfield
All Hands Together – Mika Nakashima
All These People – Harry Connick, Jr.
The River In Reverse – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Where Were You? – Jackson Browne
Hell No, We Aint Alright (Krush Groove Remix) – Public Enemy Remix of a Nation (feat. Paris)
City That Care Forgot – Dr. John
Wading Through – Terence Blanchard
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Armstrong
In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun) – Lead Belly
Going Back To New Orleans – Deacon John
I Hope – The Chicks
Pontchartrain – Vienna Teng
The Saints Are Coming – U2 & Green Day
When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong K
They All Ask’d For You – The Meters
New Orleans Ladies – Le Roux
Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk!) – Ying Yang Twins & Homebwoi
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Freddy Cannon
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Just a Closer Walk With Thee – Pete Fountain
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Remembering Dolly Parton
With thanks to everyone who made a suggestion.
Islands In the Stream – Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
I Am Ready – Dolly Parton
Light of a Clear Blue Morning – Dolly Parton
Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton
Jolene – Dolly Parton
JOLENE – Beyoncé
Rainbowland – Miley Cyrus (feat. Dolly Parton)
Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter & Dolly Parton
Wildflowers – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Everything Is Beautiful (In It’s Own Way) – Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson
Eagle When She Flies – Dolly Parton
Jesus & Gravity – Dolly Parton
Long As I Can See the Light – Dolly Parton (feat. John Fogerty)
19th Amendment – Dolly
There Will Be Peace in the Valley for Me – Dolly Parton
Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton
Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton (feat. Lizzo & Sasha Flute)
I Believe in You – Dolly Parton
Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula – Dolly Parton (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
After The Goldrush -Dolly Parton (feat. Alison Krauss, Suzanne Cox & Viktor Krauss)
Travelin’ Thru -Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
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Along the Graybeard Trail 