Emancipation Day celebrated in many Caribbean countries and Canada to mark the abolition of enslavement in the British Empire.
Black My Story (Not History) – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
African – Peter Tosh
Justice – Sevana
For the People By the People – Dezarie
Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson
Hello Mama Africa – Garnett Silk
Slave Queen – I Threes
‘Til I’m Laid to Rest – Buju Banton
Slavery Days – Burning Spear
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Too Long In Slavery – Culture
Ain’t Gonna See Us Fall – Sizzla
That Day Will Come – Capleton
What Ah Day – Tanya Stephens
Free Up – Tarrus Riley & Zagga
Steppin’ Out of Babylon – Marcia Griffiths
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Black Woman – Judy Mowatt
Train to Zion – Linval Thompson, feat. Sizzla & Bounty Killer
Unchained – Bob Andy
Equal Rights – The Heptones
Born Free – Queen Ifrica
Rivers of Babylon – Sublime
African Message – U-Roy
African Unity – Majek Fashek
Monthly Archives: August 2025
1 August 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
31 July 2025
Can’t Help Me – H.E.R.
Je Viens Vers Toi – Baguette Quartette
When I Get Home – The Beatles
Loves Me Like a Rock – Paul Simon
If I Loved You -6 Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson & Billy Porter
Fancy Lady – Billy Preston
Muurrbay Tree – Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, feat. Deline Briscoe
Swept Away – The Black Arm Band 2
We Are Coming, Father Abr’am – Gettysburg College Singers
Roll Me Up – Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson & Jamey Johnson
Todo Me Lleva a Tí – Mónica Giraldo
Motherless Child – Avery Sharpe (feat. Jeri Brown, Onaje Allan Gumbs& Craig Handy
BLACKBIIRD – Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing – The Temptations
Mahalo John Wayne – Jake Shimabukuro
Give It Up – Public Enemy
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, New Mexico, playlist
30 July 2025
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Boulder To Birmingham – Joan Baez
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard – Paul Simon Paul Simon
Green Apple Quick Step – The Byrds
Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
Oh! – The Linda Lindas
Needed Me – Rihanna
Stars Of Warburton – Midnight Oil
They’re Saying Not to Panic – Amanda Palmer
Drum Battle – Robert Mirabal
Today – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
Wah-Wah – George Harrison
We Turned Our Backs- Dario Marianelli
Red Prophet – Santana
Danse Des Toka Nod – Kanak People of New Caledonia
Camel – Pinkfong
Bell Bottom Blues 5:05 Derek & The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Rock 0
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, New Mexico, playlist
29 July 2025
47th Anniversary
Home – Karla Bonoff
Raise You Up / Just Be – Kinky Boots Cast
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
The Load-Out / Stay – Jackson Browne
Calling All The Children Home – John McCutcheon
Bright Path – Jack Gladstone
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – The Roches
I Hear A Symphony – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Why We Tell The Story – Company Once On This Island
Waltzing Matilda – Seona McDowell
Finale – Joel Hatch & ‘Come From Away’ Company
The City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
Whiskey & Sangria – Eileen Ivers
Third Movement of the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Filed under Albuquerque, Family, Music, New Mexico, playlist
28 July 2025
Peru Independence Day
Siempre Te Amaré – Lucha Reyes Serie Regresa: Lucha Reyes, La Morena de Oro del Perú Worldwide 0 9
La Flor de la Canela – Eva Ayllón Chabuca Granda Worldwide 0 7
Sol – Zen Zen (Edición Limitada) Rock y Alternativo 0 4
Cariñito – Bareto Sodoma y Gamarra Música tropical 0 5
Impresiones del Viaje – Ensemble Pachamama Music of the Andes Worldwide 1 5
Traditiones Andinas – Inkuyo
Libertad – Laguna Pai
apocalipsis – Isabela Merced
Calendario – Daniela Legarda & EMIL
Con Mi Amiga – Daniela Darcourt
Sana Sana – Alejandro Y Maria Laura S
Himno Nacional del Peru – The One World Ensemble
Filed under Albuquerque, Friends, Music, New Mexico, playlist
27 July 2025
Prairie Wind – Neil Young
Deguello de Crockett – Carter Burwell
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed –
Land of the Free – Joey Bada$$
Love Is A Good Thing – Sheryl Crow
Dreamer – Black Violin Take the Stairs
Crying On The Bathroom Floor – MUNA
Have Another Pill – Sunny War
It’s Over Now – Della Reese
A Legend In My Time – Johnny Cash
Trio: I. Allegro – Czech String Trio
Blues in the Night – Cab Calloway
While I am Here – Eric Bogle
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel
Do You Remember – Jack Johnson
Friend Above – Jana
Harlem River Blues Reprise – Justin Townes Earle
Filed under Albuquerque, Movie, New York, playlist
26 July 2025
The Foggy Dew The Chieftains & Sinéad O’Connor
Photograph – Ringo Starr
There Were Roses – Tommy Sands
My Love Mine All Mine – Mitski
First Love – Hikaru Utada First Love
Lonesome Valley – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
When We Become a Little Bigger – Rim Banna
White Buffalo – Robert Mirabal
Endless Highway – Dion Girl, feat. Randi Fishenfeld
Below My Feet – Mumford & Sons
Lord, Lord, Lord – Leroy Jones
General Munro – Mark’s Men
Quiet (Spanish) – MILCK Quiet
Bold Marauder – Mimi and Richard Fariña
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 15. Più vivo scherzando – Yuja Wang, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel
Speak to Me – Pink Floyd
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Along the Graybeard Trail 