Monthly Archives: March 2020

14 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Unless otherwise noted, all songs are by Fannie Lou Hamer to honor her memory and give thanks for her work and witness on the anniversary of her death.
Blueberry Pie – Bette Midler
Precious Lord
On Being a Sharecropper
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Mass Meeting Speech
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
American Pie – Shea Diamond

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13 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
That’s Alright – Ranky Tanky
With God on Our Side – Judy Collins
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Aretha Franklin
Beneath the Raven Moon – Mary Youngblood
Spirit of Love – Bonnie Raitt
This Old Town – Nanci Griffith
Sober – Demi Lovato
Changes – Adina Nyree
Do It Well – Jennifer Lopez
The Other Side – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Oremi – Angelique Kidjo
The Greatest – Sia
Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
Green Light – Beyonce
Remember the Tinman – Tracy Chapman
Cherokee River – Walela
The Happening – The Supremes

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12 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens. Midtown Manhattan.
Orubaba – Angelique Kidjo
Swing Down Chariot – Mary D. Williams
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder – Bernice Johnson Reagon
Stand Tall – Rebecca Riots
Freakum Dress – Beyonce
Mama’s Cryin’ Long – Our Native Daughters
Nobody’s Girl – Bonnie Raitt
I’m Ready – Tracy Chapman
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Gift of Love – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart – The Supremes
Satisfied – Sia
Good Morning Heartache – Billie Holiday
FIREMOUTH – Sera
polka.com – Eileen Ivers
Deep Blue Dream – Yola
Going Home – Mary Fahl

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Purple, not flowers, fingernails & hymnal

10 March 2020
First Presbyterian Church of Whitestone

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10 March 2020

Walking. Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
Stretching.
Upgrade – Beyonce
Master of Eyes – Aretha Franklin
My Back Door – Melissa Etheridge
Cherokee – Walela
Lover Man – Billie Holiday
The Road’s My Middle Name – Bonnie Raitt
Autumn to May – Ann & Nancy Wilson
The Old Palmer’s Song – Seona McDowell
Join the Band – Ranky Tanky
Negra Persentuosa – Susana Baca
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Watch Your Step – Joan Armatrading
No Worry – Angelique Kidjo
Something to See – Tracy Chapman
Certainly Lord – Mary D. Williams
Louis – Nizhoni Girls
Skibbereen Sinead O’Connor

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8 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
One Woman: A Song for UN Women – many artists
Harriet Tubman – Holly Near
Don’t Say Okay – Mary Black
Imagine – Eva Cassidy
Roses – Annale
All That You Have is Your Soul – Tracy Chapman
Gentle Rebellion – Rebecca Riots
Feel Like a Natural Woman – Carole King
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree
And We Can Love – Mary Youngblood
Brave New World – Sera
Everything Is Everything – Lauryn Hill
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
Compassion – Magdalen Hsu-Li

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens 54

7 March 2020
Morningside Gardens

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6 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
(He’s) Seventeen – The Supremes
Prayers for Polar Bears – Adina Nyree
Skin Deep – Melissa Etheridge
I Come and Stand at Every Door – Annie Hills
Leila – Rasha
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
St. Louis Blues – Bessie Smith
Spring – Tracy Chapman
Silver Lining – Bonnie Raitt
Wounded Knee – Walela
All I Really Want to Do – Sussan Deyhim
Shenandoah – Sissel
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again – Eva Cassidy
Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
When Sunny Gets Blue – McCoy Tyner

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5 March 2020

Gym. Treadmill. Walking.
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
The Calling – Sera
Banguela – Miriam Maria
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Gnawin’ on It – Bonnie Raitt
The Whippoorwill – Walela
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
After the Gold Rush – k.d. lang
Most of the Time – Bettye LaVette
Women on the Tier – Suzanne Vega
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
Why – Annie Lennox

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4 March 2020

Walking. Morningside Gardens.
All songs by Miriam Makeba.
Africa Is Where My Heart Lies
Pata Pata 2000
Kwazulu
Nongqongqo
Khawuleza
Olilili
Suliram
The Click Song
Saduva
Iya Guduza
Lakutshn Ilanga
Umhome
Homeland
Amampondo
Dubula
Dwedini
Lindelani
Pole Mze
Le Fleuve
Kilimanjaro

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