Crowded Table – The Highwomen
I Know I Could Fly – Our Native Daughters
Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King – Big Maybelle
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
State of the World – Janet Jackson
My Lord, What a Morning – Marion Anderson
It Is Well with My Soul – Mahalia Jackson
Fresh Water Salmon – Awkwafina
Stomping Ground – Emily Wurramara
No More Auction Block for Me – Odetta
In Harm’s Way – Amanda Palmer
Until You Came Back to Me – Aretha Franklin
Canbrack Girls – Eileen Ivers
In the Mirror – Yaeji
What We Said – Shakira
Category Archives: Music
15 March 2022
Filed under Louisville, Music, playlist
14 March 2022
All songs by Fannie Lou Hamer unless otherwise noted. Thank you for your witness Ms. Hamer.
Precious Lord
On Being a Sharecropper
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little 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 – Shawnee
Blueberry Pie – Bette Midler
Pie Jesu ver. On the Rocks – Sera
Filed under Antiracism, Music, playlist
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
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
7 March 2022
Selma Bloody Sunday. 57 years ago.
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Sweet Honey in the Rock
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine/Which Side Are You On? – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Johnson
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Wade in the Water – Fannie Lou Hamer
God will Take Care of You/Climbing Jacob’s Ladder – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Steal Away/Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Come by Here – Marchers
Berlin Wall – Marchers
Oh, Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize – James Orange and Protesters
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators at March
Freedom Now Chant – Demonstrators at March
Go Tell it on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Oh, Wallace – Band 1
Get on Board – Band 2
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – Two Little Girls at March
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Johnson
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Youth
Filed under Antiracism, Music, playlist
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
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
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
19 February 2022
Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
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
Filed under Antiracism, Louisville, Music, playlist
13 February 2022
Walking. Germantown. In solidarity with So Jung Kim and the Boston Winter Walk.
It’s Over Now – Della Reese
Love Blue – Keb’ Mo’
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington and HIs Famous Orchestra
Heading Back to New York – Joan Armatrading
Supreme Architecture – RZA
Part of My Life – India.Arie
The Roadie Song – Aaron Neville
Fix Me Jesus – Bobby McFerrin
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
O Death – Ranky Tanky
Alberta – Lead Belly
Unforgettable – Nat “King” Cole
Chun-Li – Nicki Minaj
Use Me – Bill WIthers
Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody – Sam & Dave
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
22 January 2022
Walking. Germantown. Walking and stretching. Gym in the apartment.
Happy Birthday, So Jung Kim.
It’s My Life – Korean cover
It’s My Life – Sri Lankan cover
Emantha-Papaguneray (Turtle Song) – Emily Wurramara
It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
Follow – Richie Havens
Djigui – Issa Bagayogo
Enough of the Night – Jackson Browne
Daylight – Alison Krause & Union Station
Thieves in the Temple – Prince
The Tide Will Rise – Bruce Hornsby
Walking the Path – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
Angels with Dirty Faces – Los Lobos
De sigkrinese – Kelly Kelekidou feat. Nikos Kourkoulis
Victory Song – Frank Waln feat. Kodi DeNoyer
Letter to You – Bruce Springsteen
The Donegal Set – The Chieftains
Hasten Down the Wind – Warren Zevon
My Melancholy Baby – Della Reese
Filed under Exercise, Friends, Louisville, Music, playlist
21 January 2022
Walking. Gym in the Apartment. Germantown.
Rosa Sat – Amy Dixon-Kolar
Growin’ on It – Bonnie Raitt
The Living – Natalie Merchant
Boris Godounov – Symphonic Synthesis By Leopold Stokowski: II. Coronation of Boris – Cleveland Orchestra
Hello My Baby – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
I Don’t Want to Talk About It – Indigo Girls
Fire of Freedom – Black 47
Wide Open Spaces – The Chicks
I’m Not Sleeping – Counting Crows
The Golden Road – Grateful Dead
My Better Years – The Johnson Mountain Boys
Comin’ Around – Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris
Waiting for a Miracle – John McCutcheon
Falling from Sleeves – Calexico
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
I’ll Do Anything for Love – Meat Loaf
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist