December 30, 2019 · 7:59 pm
Accumulated over 10,000 steps each day. No focused exercise on any of the days so no real play list. On 29 December 2019, these were the songs that played through the day:
Wounded Knee – Micki Free
Wovoka – Redbone
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Heart of the World – Mary Youngblood
Sacred Praises – Brule
Shimmer Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Red Streaking into the Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Dreams of Wounded Knee – Bill Miller
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wounded Knee – Walela
December 26, 2019 · 5:55 pm
Treadmill. Walking, some jogging (slow). Stretching. Blink.
Many and Great – Jon Sarta
Peyote Healing – Verdell Primeaux, Johnnie Mike, & Robbie Robertson
Lakota Forever – Brule
For My People – Litefoot
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Prayer – SupaMan
Meadowlark Sunrise – Fire Crow
Treaties – Frank Waln
Akua Tuta – Kashtin
You’re a Brave One – Joanne Shendoah
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Brave Heart – Luis Cachiguango
Old One Wise One – Thunder Bird Sisters
Trail of Life – Sharon Burch
Coyote Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Many and Great – Jon Sarta
December 25, 2019 · 9:54 pm
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Hallelujah! – Quincy Jones, Mervyn Waren, Michael O. Jackson, Various Artists
Silent Night – Amanda Rheaume
Early in One Christmas Morn – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Is Here – Princeton Seminary Choir
Joy to the World – Eddie DeGarmo
The First Noel – Bill Miller
Hanau ‘la ‘O Jesu/Jesus Was Born – Kaiolohia Funes Smith
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Eileen Ivers
And the Glory of the Lord – Dianne Reeves
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Christmas Brass Quintet
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Walk off the Earth
Hart! The Herald Angels Sing – Holiday Traditions
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Diagle & Therese Donoho
Hallelujah Chorus – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Go Tell It on the Mountain – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Tom Waits
December 23, 2019 · 10:08 pm
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marion Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Nollaig – Billy Oskay & Michael O Domhnaill
Solstice Hymn – Jay Unger, Mary Lea, Abby Newton, Molly Mason
This Clearness of Light – William Ackerman
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabel
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcolm Dalglish
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
December 19, 2019 · 9:38 pm
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Joy to the World – Eddie DeGarmo
Silver Bells – John Legend
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
O Christmas Tree – Oscar Peterson
I Pray on Christmas – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Solomon Burke
Silent Night – Folks Like Us
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Nashville Christmas Orchestra
Coventry Carol – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
What Child Is This? – North Cost Men’s Chorus
All We Like Sheep – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – Little Windows
O Holy Night – Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Once in Royal David’s City – The Chieftains
Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
Adeste Fidelis – Bruce Cockburn
Little Drummer Boy – Jana
December 18, 2019 · 10:12 pm
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
Enter the Mirrors – Afro Yaqui Music Collective
My Only Home – Unchained XL
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
La Jaula De Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
Highwomen – The Highwomen
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug & Mason Ramsey
This Land – Gary Clark, Jr.
Delilah – Making Movies & Ruben Blades
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres Y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
La Frontera – Lagartijeando feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
This is a slight variation on “Strangers in a Strange Land: A Migration Soundtrack for Advent 2019” by Josh Langhoff. Thanks to my friend Carolyn for calling it to my attention.
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Friends, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
Tagged as Blink, Josh Langhoff, migration, stretching, The Cresset, treadmill
December 16, 2019 · 9:53 pm
Treadmill. Core. Stretching. Blink.
Gabriel’s Message – Choir of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
O Holy Night – Aaron Neville
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Celtic Woman
Joy to the World – Philadelphia Orchestra
We Are the Shepherds – Johnny Cash
We Need A Little Christmas – Gloria
A Star in the East – Harry Belafonte
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – Melissa DuPuy, Russell Davis, & Deanie Richardson
Angelic Glory – Red Nativity
Up! Good Christian Folk, & Listen – Clare College Singers
Early on One Christmas Morn – Bruce Cockburn
For Unto U a Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
Nadal de Luintra – Berroguetto
High Plains – Philip Aaberg
What Child Is This – Bill Miller
Amarga Navidad – Los Lobos
Joy to the World – Willie Nelson
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Jana
December 15, 2019 · 11:38 pm
Some days working out/walking comes easy.
Some days working out/walking happens to keep commitments to friends.
Some days working out/walking happens because of the music.
Today’s walk happened because of the occasion.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
2 Live & Die on the Plains – Frank Waln
The Little Bighorn March – Bill Miller
Valley of the Little Bighorn – Jack Gladstone
Wovoka – Redbone
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson
Sitting Bull’s Memorial Song – Lakota Thunder
Lakota Forever – Brule
For My People – Litefoot
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
The Prayer – SupaMan
Aiionwatha Forgives – Joanne Shenandoah
Heart of the World – Mary Youngblood
Life Surrounds Me – Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
December 14, 2019 · 1:13 pm
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
The First Noel – Robert Mirabal
O Come All Ye Faithful – Celtic Woman
For Unto Us a Child Is Born – The Roches
The Holly and the Ivy – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
Beautiful Star of of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella – Rosemary Beland
The Wexford Carol – Eileen Ivers
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Eric Rigler
Silent Night – Jack Gladstone
Feliz Navidad – Los Lobos
Little Drummer Boy – david m bailey
Born in Bethlehem – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Mavis Staples
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Winds of Salvation – Red Nativity
Christmas Is Coming – Harry Belafonte
Silent Night – Jana
December 12, 2019 · 11:00 pm
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
O Holy Night – Jana
What Child Is This – Trace Bundy
The Star Carol – Aaron Neville
Ooh Child – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Silent Night – Pentatonix
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Natalie Cole
Sussex Carol – Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Star to Follow – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming – Patti Austin
God Rest Ye Merry – Sam Levine
People Look East – Choir of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
Angels We Have Heard on High – The Roches
Hark The Herald Angels Sing – Clare College Singers
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Creator of the Stars of Night – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet
And the Glory of the Lord – Dianne Reeves
Adeste Fidelis – Bruce Cockburn
Along the Graybeard Trail 