Category Archives: Exercise

7 April 2022

Walking. Stretching. North East, Maryland.
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
Samson, oratorio, Act 3, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim – Kathleen Battle, Wynton Marsalis, John Nelson, Anthony Newman, John Feeney, Daire Fitzgerald & Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Only Love Can Break Your Heart – The Corrs
Simple – India. Arie
Ka Pua U’i – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 – Simon Joly Chorale, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Craft & Philharmonia Orchestra
Val-Hala – Elton John
Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
So You Want to Be – Patti Smith Group
Ur-ban Music – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
The Pony Man – Gordon Lightfoot
Message of Love – Mary Black
Sleep Tight In New York City/Her Dear Old Donegal – Black 47
Apologize – Ed Ames
The Bear Who Stole the Chinook – Jack Gladstone

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6 April 2022

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Mandela – Hugh Masekela
Thinkin’ Out Loud – The Band
Come On – Chuck Berry
Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
Mr. Pitiful – Otis Redding
Danse Caribe – BeauSoleil
Deja Vu – Beyonce, feat. Jay-Z
Talk to Me – Stevie Nicks
Santiago – John McCutcheon
Julia – The Beatles
Lucky Dime – Calexico
The Long Black Veil – Mick Jagger & The Chieftains
I Stand Accused – Isaac Hayes
Long Hot Summer – Black 47
Triangle – Gordon Lightfoot
Oh, Sacred World – Studs Terkel
Prologue – Blackfire
What We Said – Shakira

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5 April 2022

Walking. North East, Maryland
You Bring Me Joy – Anita Baker
The Realness – Ruby Ibarra
Forget about the Boy – Thoroughly Modern Millie
One Hand, One Heart – West Side Story
Guantanamera – Pete Seeger
Hush Little Baby – The Horseflies
Chere Petite Blond – BeauSoleil
Justice – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
The Boys of the Old Brigade – The Wolfe Tones
John Henry – Paul Robeson
I May Not Can See – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Still Gone – Yola
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead
Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
First Contact – Jerry Goldsmith

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4 April 2022

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
Motel in Memphis – Life, Explicit
Martin, Martin – Denise Erwin
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
They Killed Him – Kate Campbell
Just a Little More Love – David Guetta (feat. Chris Willis)
Ballad of Martin Luther King – Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk & The Sesame Street Kids
Like a King – Ben Harper
God Rest His Soul – Gregg Allman
MLK – U2
Mlk Song – Mavis Staples
So Beautiful or So What – Paul Simon
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) – Nina Simone
Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King – Big Maybelle
We March – Prince
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Mahalia Jackson

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27 March 2022

Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym in the apartment.
Revolution – Kirk Franklin & The Family
Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
Ohentoon Karihwateken Karenna – Bear Fox
My Country ’tis of Thy People You’re Dying – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
No More – Fawn Wood
Native America – J25
I Am Your Friend – Joanne Shenandoah
Running – Joy Harjo
Gentle Warrior – Kaolin Johnson
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser
Some How – Nizhoni Girls
Earth and Sun – Sharon Burch
Heart of a Hero – Shelley Morningstar
Native Child – Thunder Bird Sisters

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19 March 2022

Stretching. Gym in the Apartment
Etillica/Interliudio – Ceu
Alcatraz – Malvina Reynolds
grace – Mel Hsu
Silent Night – Aretha Franklin
Water Is Wide – Indigo GIrls, Jewel, Sara McLachlan
Down to the Darkness – Carole King
Ganja Burn – Nicki Ninaj
Not Myself – Sharon Van Efften
What I Need – Hayley Kiyoko, feat. Kehlani
I Cried for You – Billie Holiday
From Clare to Here – Nanci Griffith
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
I’m Going Down – Mary J. Bilge
You Can Sleep While I Drive – Melissa Etheridge
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
I Walk Alone – Sharon Burch

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17 March 2022

Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
St. Patrick’s Day
Soldier’s Song – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
God Save Ireland – Barleycorn
Easter Rebellion – Sinead O’Connor
James Connolly – Johnny McEvoy
The Minstrel Boy – James Galway
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Women of Ireland – The Wolfe Tones
The Hills of Ireland – Celtic Woman
Long Journey Home – The Chieftains with Elvis Costello
4 Green Fields – Dublin City Ramblers
Song for Ireland – The Irish Tenors
A Nation Once Again – Paddy Reilly
Roger Casement – Eugene McEldowny
The Big Fellah – Black 47
There Were Roses – Tommy Sands
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
I’ll Walk Beside You – Cherish the Ladies
Bobby Sands – Claymore
O’Donnell’s Lament – Eileen Ivers
Only Our Rivers Run Free – The Molly Maguires
The Holy Ground – Mary Black
Amhrainn Na Bfhiann – Pearse

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13 March 2022

Stretching. Gym in the Apartment
Oremi – Angelique Kidjo
The Greatest – Sia
Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
Green Light – Beyonce
Cherokee River – Walela
That’s Alright – Ranky Tanky
Spit of Love – Bonnie Raitt
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
Seen It All – Shae Diamond
Thought I Knew You – Nicki Minaj
Break Bread Together – Mary Williams
Round the Lake – Stiff Gins
Coming Round Again – Carly Simon
Ebudae – Enya
One – India.Arie
Too Proud – Hikaru Utada

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6 March 2022

Hand weights. Stretching. Gym in the apartment.
I Saw a Bird Fly Away – Dar Williams
Watch Your Step – Anita Baker
Four Seasons – Melanie Durrant
Prophecy Song – Joanne Shenandoah
Opening Song for the Maker – Joy Harjo
LOVE – Jhene Aiko
The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
Loving You – Rim Banna feat. Checkpoint 303 & Bugge Wesseltoft
The Chain – The Highwomen
Knife Going In – Tegan & Sara
Dark Truths – Joan Armatrading
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Lila Downs
All I Left Behind – Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Together Again – Janet Jackson
Suga Mama – Beyonce
Mama’s Opry – Iris DeMent
In the Quiet Morning – John Baez

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5 March 2022

Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Drop Me off in Harlem – Ella Fitzgerald
The One Who Knows – Dar Williams
Cursum Perifico – Enya
Marijuana – Awkwafina
Agbalagba -Angelique Kidjo
The Queen of Connemara – Cherish the Ladies
Nothing Yet – Tracy Chapman
Crowley’s/Jackson’s – Eileen Ivers
Brace – Sara Bareilles
Our Precious Mothers – Bear Fox
She’s Saving Me – Indigo Girls
Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound – Nanci Griffith
Winter Is Cruel – Magdalen Hsu-Li
God Bless the Child – Eva Cassidy

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