Hiking. The Volcanoes. Petroglyph National Monument.
Malcolm X / El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz assassination.
Nina Simone birth.
Black History Month.
Revolution – Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew How I Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite – Terence Blanchard
Roll ‘Em Pete – Big Joe Turner
Flying Home – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
My Prayer – The Ink Spots
Big Stuff – Billie Holiday
Don’t Cry Baby – Erskine Childers
Bean and Cornbread – Louis Jordan
Azure – Ella Fitzgerald
Alabama – John Coltrane
That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven – Ray Charles
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars
Category Archives: Music
21 February 2025
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20 February 2025
Hiking. Sandia Foothills. Stretching.
Black History Month.
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Mbube – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Love’s In Need of Love Today – The String Queens
Spring Is Here – Ahmad Jamal
Home – Diana Ross, The Wiz: Original Soundtrack
Fly Girl – Queen Latifah
Brand New Second Hand – Peter Tosh
A Sign of the Ages – Gil Scott-Heron
Starlight – Yola
Finally Made Me Happy – Macy Gray
Hard To Love – H.E.R.
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song – Mahalia Jackson
Yellow Moon – The Neville Brothers
What Now – Rihanna
Crush – Yuna, feat. Usher
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, hiking, Music, New Mexico, playlist
19 February 2025
Walking. Morning movement.
Anniversary of internment of Japanese Americans
Kenji – Fort Minor
Summer of ’42 – Kishi Bashi
Resist – Allegiance
Manzanar – Channel 3
Manzanar – Laurie Lewis
Manzanar – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
How Can You Go? – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Wishes on the Wind – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Allegiance – Allegiance
Our Time Now – Allegiance
Stronger Than Before – Lea Salongs & Katie Rose Clark
Still a Chance – Allegiance
Sands of Manzanar – Yukiko Matsuyama & Hirotaka Ogawa
I Remember – Beth DeSombre
Asian American History – Jason Chu & Alan Z
We are the Children – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Derek Najamoto
120,000 Stories – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Mike Penny & George Abe
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
13 February 2025
Walking. Arroyo to Smith’s. Morning movement.
Black History Month.
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige –
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
The Lord God of Abraham, from Elijah, Op. 70 – Paul Robeson
Just One Of Those Things – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Sunny Land – Elmore James
Take Time – Lenny Kravitz
B Movie (aint really a life) – Gil Scott-Heron
Different Colours, One People – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic Soweto, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Rocky Dawuni
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
Let’s Talk About Hair -Sweet Honey In the Rock
Spirit of the Lord Is Coming Down – The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Careless Love – Lead Belly
Alphabet St. – Prince
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
12 February 2025
Walking. Huning Highland neighborhood. Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Black History Month,
Late Hours At Midnight – Elmore James
We Won’t Cry – Archie Roach, feat.Paul Kelly
Pieces of a Man -Gil Scott-Heron
Bag Lady – Erykah Badu
Miami – Nicki Minaj
Girl – Destiny’s Child
That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
Music is in Everything – Ziggy Marley, feat. Lisa Loeb
Don’t Lie – The Black Eyed Peas
Intro – Mary J. Blige
Hell No, We Aint Alright – Public Enemy, feat. Paris
I’m On Your Side – Keb’ Mo’
Colors – Yuna
That’s One To Grow On – Dobie Gray
Water Boy – Paul Robeson
Go Ahead John (part two B) – Miles Davis
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
7 February 2025
Hiking. Elena Gallegos Open Space. Morning Movement. Hand weights. Chair stretching.
Black History Month.
I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
Enough!! – A Tribe Called Quest
S.O.S (Mother Nature) – will.i.am
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Ooo Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Human Mic – Talib Kweli
I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel) – Jennifer Hudson, feat. T.J.
World Wide Rebel Songs – Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
You Beat Me to the Punch – Mary Wells
Matter of Time – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
The Lord’s Prayer – Aaron Neville
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel 4:00 Fannie Lou Hamer
Behind Enemy Lines – Dead Prez
I’ll Fly Away – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Governor O.K. Allen – Lead Belly
Latifah’s Had It Up To Here – Queen Latifah
Still Gone – Yola
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, hiking, Music, New Mexico, playlist
6 February 2025
Hike. Los Poblanos Farms Open Space. Morning movement. Core work. Chair stretching.
Bob Marley birthday.
All songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Redemption Song
No Woman No Cry
Buffalo Soldier
Get Up Stand Up
Stir It Up
Exodus
Simmer Down
Rainbow Country
Concrete Jungle
I Shot The Sheriff
Burnin’ and Lootin’
Crazy Baldhead
War
Revolution
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
Three Little Birds
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
5 February 2025
Walking, North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Walking around neighborhood. Morning movement. Hand Weights. Chair Stretching.
Black History Month. Trayvon Martin birthday.
Trayvon Martin – Watoto from the Nile
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
Stand Your Ground – Pharoahe Monch
Super Life – Chaka Khan
Rest in Power – Black Thought
Don’t Tread On Trayvon Martin – Truth On Earth
Everyday I Pray – Kreepa Lights
Trayvon Martin Tribute – Big Poppa & BMayneBeatz
Throw On My Hoodie – Cecil Morris feat. NSane Segall
A Change Is Gonna Come The Neville Brothers
Let’s Make a Better World – The Blind Boys of Alabama
I Am a Human – Ziggy Marley
Let It Be – Aretha Franklin
Let Us All Come Together – Sweet Honey In the Rock
That Day Will Come – Capleton
Walk With Me – Fannie Lou Hamer
I Am A Woman – Ruby Hunter
BLACK PARADE – Beyoncé
Definition – Black Star
Yearnin’ Learnin’ – Earth, Wind & Fire
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose – James Brown
Just Like A Woman – Richie Havens
Finish Line – Ruthie Foster
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
4 February 2025
Hiking. Petroglyph National Monument. Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail. Boca Negra Canyon Cliff Base Trail. Walking. Neighborhood.
Mrs. Rosa Parks birthday. Mr. Amadou Diallo death.
Sister Rosa – The Neville Brothers
Rosa Sat – Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir
Rosa Parks – Outkast
Diallo – Wyclef Jean
American Skin (41 Shots) – Bruce Springsteen
A.D. 2000 – Erykah Badu
I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel) – Lauryn Hill
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Freedom (Celebration Mix) – Joi
That’s Who I Am – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
We’ll Never Turn Back – Sweet Honey In the Rock, James Horner, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ysaye M. Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard & Michael Fisher
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
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1 February 2025
Hike. Aldo Leopold Trail, Rio Grande Nature Center. Walk. Wyoming Blvd. Morning movement. Hand weights. Chair stretching.
Black History Month.
Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Rise Up – Andra Day
Ain’t I a Woman – Avery Sharpe, feat. Jeri Brown, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Craig Handy, Duane Eubanks & Yoron Israel
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM – Beyoncé
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston 6
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Prayer for New Orleans – Charlie Miller
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Black America Again – Common, feat. Stevie Wonder
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Everytime I Feel the Spirit -The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Ain’t No New Thing – Gil Scott-Heron
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters) – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Blood Done Sign My Name – Mary D Williams
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Strange Fruit – Nina Simone
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Odetta
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
We March – Prince
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
We Rise – Rhiannon Giddens
The Klan – Richie Havens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
Changes – 2Pac & Talent
You’re Not Alone – Our Native Daughters
Step By Step – Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Grandma’s Hands -Bill Withers
Respect – Otis Redding
Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Fats Domino
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
Prayers To the Ancestors – Afro Drums
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
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Along the Graybeard Trail 