Streets of London – Mary Hopkin
Ain’t Got No Home – Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Makambo – Geoffrey Oryema
Save Our Planet Earth – Jimmy Cliff
Fermanagh: Love Song – The Wolfe Tones
Bunch of Keys – Eileen Ivers
Pickin’ the Cabbage – Dizzy Gillespie & Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
I Want to Go Home – Lenny Kravitz
The Promise – Tracy Chapman
Sinister Purpose – Credence Clearwater Revival
Good Night – Hikaru Utada
La Momma Morta – Maria Callas
Is My Living in Vain – Mattie Moss Clark & The Clark Sisters
From Little Things to Big Things – Kev Carmody
Category Archives: playlist
6 April 2023
5 April 2023
First Contact. Star Trek.
Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lions: Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Ayla Sahin, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Toby Hughes
You Were Mine – The Chicks
Kind & Generous – Natalie Merchant
Leave Me Alone – The Corrs
Elijah Jones – Peter Mayer
DNA. – Kendrick Lamar
I’ve Got the World on a String – Cab Calloway
Dreamers: Saguaros – R. Carlos Nakai
Free the Land – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Dreamworld – Midnight Oil
Hellfire – African Jazz Pioneers
Dreams – The Cranberries
Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
First Contact – Jerry Goldsmith
4 April 2023
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated.
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
Filed under Antiracism, Gun Violence, Human Rights, Music, playlist
3 April 2023
False Faces – Dan Fogelberg
War Within a Breath – Rage Against the Machine
Pizzica Di San Vito – Rhiannon Giddons & Francesco Turrisi
M.T.A. – Kingston Trio
Play a Love Song – Hikaru Utada
Gypsy Rag – Aurora Celtic
When the War Came – The Decemberists
Wild Mountain Thyme – John Munro
Love Song – Cornel Pewewardy
Borrowed Heaven – The Corrs
Down to the Darkness – Carole King
Overjoyed – Stevie Wonder
Country Trash – Johnny Cash
Ole – Nive and the Deer Children
Dr. Gilbert / Devils Of Dublin / Black Pat’s – Lunasa
Overture – Black Violin
Blewu – Bella Bellow
2 April 2023
Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel
Grand Central Station – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Good Lovin’ Ain’t Easy to Come By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Not the One – Al Stewart
Stronger Love – Joan Armatrading
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
King’s Shilling – The Wakes
The Right Thing to Do – Carly Simon
The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show – The Band
Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square – Ellis Marsalis
Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Ayla Sahin, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Toby Hughes
Sing Hallelujah to the Lord – ICE (The Island Choral Experience) & Friends
Hard Hard Times – Eric Bogle with John Munro
Persecución De Villa – The Chieftains With Mariachi Santa Fe De Jesus Guzman
Sweet Little Angel/It’s My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get – Hour Glass
Train to Chickasha – Bryan E. Miller
1 April 2023
Pieces of April – Three Dog Night
April Come She Will – Simon & Garfunkel
I’ll Remember April – Miles Davis
Snow in April – John McCutcheon
Sometimes It Snows in April – Prince
April – The Decemberists
April – Beach Bunny
Gateway – R. Carlos Nakai
In Your Mind – Johnny Cash
Electric Blue – The Cranberries
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Ramblin’ Jack Eliot
Magic Hour – Jhene Aiko
Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises – Olivia Colman
Wide Stride – Billy Preston
To Not Exist – Bryan E. Miller
5 April 2023
Walk with Lucy. We met Luke and his person Libby.
Elmo’s Song – Elmo, Big Bird & Snuffleupagus
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
The Wheels on the Bus – Bert & Ernie
Wheels on the Bus – Raffi
The Wheels on the Bus – Sharon, Lois & Bram
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
The Wheels on the Bus – Bert & Ernie
Wheels on the Bus – Raffi
The Wheels on the Bus – Sharon, Lois & Bram
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
The Wheels on the Bus – Bert & Ernie
Wheels on the Bus – Raffi
The Wheels on the Bus – Sharon, Lois & Bram
It was a reasonably long walk. And they are short songs. And someone has a favorite song
31 March 2023 – Love Rising
Playlist based on the Love Rising concert in Nashville. Thanks to Laura and Jess for helping me find Ann Powers’ Spotify playlist which served as the basis for this list.
You’re Not Alone – Allison Russell, feat. Brandie Carlile
The Village – Wrabel
Hard to Make a Stand – Sheryl Crow
Going to Hell – Adeem the Artist
Burn This Statehouse Down – Mya Byrne & Paisley Fields, feat. Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo, Swan Real, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Chris Kelly, Sandy Loam & Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Faith Healer – Julien Baker
We’re All Gonna Die – Joy Oladokun & Noah Kahan
The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Pluto – John Wesley Rogers
Hold On – Yola & The Highwomen, feat. Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile & Natalie Hembey
Let Me Be – Fancy Hagood & Devon Gilfillian
Nina Cried Power, feat. Mavis Staples
What’ve I Done to Help – Jason Isabell and the 400 Unit
All of This Beauty – Izzy Heltai
Inordinary – Haley Wiukuans
Take It Like a Man – Amanda Shires
I Got My Head Made Up – Instant Funk
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
I Am America – Shea Diamond
Queen for Tonight – Asia O’Hara
On a Sunday – Autumn Nicholas
Bible Belt – Chris Housman
Welcome to Chambers County – Brady Riley
Dying on the Vine – Harper Grae
Stand in the Light – Brody Ray
Taxiderny – Jeff Holden
Maybe Possibly – Ally Free
Sober – Carmen – Carmen Dianne
Swamp Witch – She Returns from War
Under the Milky Way – Lilly Hiatt
blood – Kaitlin Butts
Last Night Was Good for My Soul – The Shindellas
Hard Life – Aaron Lee Tasjan
Loving Her – Katie Pruitt
Catch This Love – Mila Jam
Drag Queens in Limousines – Mary Gauthier
Better Than We Found It – Maren Morris
For Judas – Adeem the Artist
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Cover Me Up – Jason Isbell
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
31 March 2023
Transgender Day of Visibility.
Tree planting. Table putting together. Laundry. Cooking. Straightening granddaughter’s toys.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
I’d Love to Change the World – Shea Diamond
iT – Christine and the Queens
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
Thorn In Your Side – namoli brennet
Body Was Made – Ezra Furman
Girls and Boys – Blur
King for a Day – Green Day
Androgynous – The Replacements
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
We Exist – Arcade Fire
What Is This Thing Called Love – Billy Tipton
Eudaemonia – Them Are Us Too
Sometimes I Cry – Jason Kwan
Filed under Current Events, Friends, Music, playlist
30 March 2023
License plates for Dawn Treader. Post Office. Laundry. Dishes.
You’ve Got to Run – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Cakewalk – Awkwafina
Taste of Ashes – Laurie Lewis
These Days – Nico
Aguis Mahasnik Biman – Rasha
Remember My Name – Yuna
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Always in My Head – India.Arie
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Judy Collins
Cold Wind – Mary Youngblood
Like a Swallow / Tsubame No Youni – Yumi Matsutoya
Hands – Jewel
Bridge over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin
Hear Me Lord – Bonnie Raitt
Stand – Joi
Along the Graybeard Trail 