Walking in the apartment. Pacing?
Silent Night – Columbia Symphony Orchestra
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Bruce Cockburn
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Jennifer Nettles
O Holy Night – Carpenters
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing – The Many
What Can I Do? – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Ed Ames
A Star in the East – Harry Belafonte
The Wexford Carol – The Chieftains
We Are the Shepherds – Johnny Cash
Willie’s Waltz – John McCutcheon
Green – Peter Mayer
The First Noel – Lady A
Ave Maria – Stevie Wonder
Greensleeves – Lumiere String Quartet
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Little Drummer Boy – Eugene Ormandy: Philadelphia Orchestra
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Category Archives: Music
2 January 2024
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
1 January 2024
Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Rolling. Apartment.
The New Year – Death Cab for Cutie
Katie McMahon – The First Day of the Year
New Life – Brianna Lea Pruett
New Generation – Nemaska Community
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
New Beginning – Tracy Chapman
New Redemption Song – Over the Rhine
New Time & Age – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
New Year’s Day – U2
Turn over a New Leaf – John Lee Hooker
New Year’s Luck – Kiha & The Faces
What’s New – Harry Pickens
You Make Me Feel Brand New – Roberta Flack
How Can I Keep from Singing – Little Window
At the Door of the Year – Jim & Jean Strathdee
La Dessalinienne – Haitian Troubadours
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
31 December 2023
Stretching.
Watch Night.
Roberto Clemente death.
Farewell 2023, welcome 2024.
The World Is Old Tonight – Little Windows
Auld Lang Syne – Jersey Boys Ensemble
Auld Lang Syne – Eric Rigler
Auld Lang Syne – Shawn Lyons
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
New Year’s Resolution – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Kingdom Coming – Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar, Art Baron & Molly Mason
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Freedom – Richie Havens
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – The Freedom Singers
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
All Through the Night – Nancy Wilson
Auld Lang Syne – Joanne Shenandoah
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Recuerdo Roberto 2023
t seems difficult to believe that fifty years ago today, Roberto Clemente died on an errand of mercy.
I will remember how he played. I will remember how he lived.
Remembering, I made a donation to the Roberto Clemente Foundation.
Remembering, I created this playlist:
Roberto – Ismael Miranda
Sueño Se Un Niño – Tito Allen
Somos La Fuerza Latina – Andy Montañez & Ismael Miranda
Roberto Y Tirabala – Andy Montañez
Orgullo De Borinquen – Lefty Pérez
Clemente (Estrella 21) – Edel Borrero
Jugando La Pelota – Jesús “Chocolate” Coombs
Jardonero Del Amor – Wichi Camacho
Lo Mejor Que Dios Ha Hecho – Angel Ramírez
Roberto Clemente – Bill Tiberio Band
Roberto Clemente – Nelson Feliciano and His Orchestra (feat. Junior Cordova)
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
Filed under Baseball, Human Rights, Music, Pittsburgh Pirates, playlist
30 December 2023
Walking. ABQ and DAL.
Stretching. Louisville.
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
Torches – Robin Stapleton, Michael George & BBC Philharmonic
Once in Royal David’s City – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
Silent Night – Peter Mayer
What Child Is This – Ed Ames
The Holy and the Ivy – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Holiday Time in New Orleans – The Dukes of Dixieland
God with Us – The Many
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Black Violin
Mary Had a Baby – Little Windows
Jesus Ahatonnia – Bruce Cockburn
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
I Wonder as I Wander – Joanne Shenandoah
Veni Emmanuel – Turtle Island String Quartet
The Seven Joys of Mary – King’s College Choir
The Unbroken Thread – Jay Unger & Molly Mason
Silent Night – Over the Rhine
The Time Is Approaching – Eileen Ivers
I Saw Three Ships – The Piano Guys
The First Snowfall – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, Travel
29 December 2023
Stretching. Albuquerque.
Happy Second Birthday, Lucy!!
Cut the Cake – John McCutcheon
Sesame Street – Elmo
The People in Your Neighborhood – Sesame Street’s Bob & The Sesame Street Anything Muppets
We Shall Be Known – MaMuse, feat. Thrive
Unafraid – Matthew Black
Change the World – Gabrielle, Elmo, Rosita, Tamir & Sesame Street’s Charlie
Don’t Be Afraid – Chorus Pro Musica, Alison Adam, John Bell & William Chin
Sweet Slumber – David Asheba Wilson
The Hurting Times – Barnaby Bright
God with Us – The Many
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
My Girl – The Temptations
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
Boomer Sooner – The University of Oklahoma Marching Band
Blue Is the Colour – Chelsea Football Club
Elmo’s Song – Elmo, Big Bird & Snuffleupagus
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Dinosaur Song – Gracie’s Corner
Circle of Life – Carmen Twillie & Lebo M
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Po La’i E/Silent Night – C. Pueo Pata, Leimana Abenes
Happy Birthday Lucy
Filed under Exercise, Family, Music, New Mexico, playlist
29 December 2023 – Wounded Knee
Several short walks with Bentley. Albuquerque.
Remembering Wounded Knee.
Wounded Knee – Mickie Free
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wounded Knee – Walela
Dreams of Wounded Knee – Bill Miller
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee – Redbone
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
28 December 2023
Walking. Ancestral Sites Trail. Pecos National Historical Park. Stretching.
Silent Night – Idina Menzel
Happy Christmas – John Lennon
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Simple Praise – Joanie Madden
Shepherd’s Rocking Carol – Philip Aaberg
The First Noel – Mahalia Jackson
First Noel – Leslie Odom, Jr.
In the Stillness – The Many
Fireside Ki Ho’alu – George Kuo
What Child Is This – Trace Bundy
All We Like Sheep – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
Of the Father’s Love Begotten – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet
Filed under Exercise, Music, National Park, New Mexico, playlist
27 December 2023
Some slow walking. Stretching. Albuquerque.
Unless otherwise noted, all songs by The Smothers Brothers.
Rest in peace, Tommy. Thank you.
Give Peace a Chance – The Plastic Ono Band
Pretoria
Tom Dooley
Chocolate
Laredo
Daniel Boone
Gnus
Crabs Walk Straight
Jenny Brown
The Military Lovers
Mediocre Fred
Mom Always Liked You Best
You Can Call Me Stupid
I Talk to the Trees
Hangman
Cabbage
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
You Didn’t Come In
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
26 December 2023
Walking. Stretching.
Albuquerque.
Remembering the Dakota men executed one hundred sixty years ago this day.
St. Stephen’s Day.
King Wenceslas.
Treaties – Frank Waln
Intertribal Song – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
The Moon Is Shining – Indigenous
Round Dance – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Lakota Forever – Brule
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta (this was sung by the men to be executed as they were taken to the gallows)
Good King Wenceslas / Rakes Of Mallow – The Boys of County Bucks
Good King Wenceslas – The Roches
The Wren in the Furze – The Chieftains
St. Stephen’s Day Murders – Elvis Costello
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 