Black History Month.
Walking. Arroyo. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
Let America Be America Again – by Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Rise Up – Andra Day
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
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
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
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
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
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
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01 February 2026
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11 August 2025
Morning stretching. Arm stretching. Walk at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Chair stretching.
Hollywood Waltz – Eagles
Bleeding Rivers – Copper Wimmin
Werewolves of London – Adam Sandler
Love Is Eternal Sacred Light – Paul Simon
Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac
Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
Wasted On the Way – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
Louie Louie – Toots & The Maytals
Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (Revised Version): No. 1, Etwas bewegt – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Time of the Preacher Theme – Willie Nelson
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12 August 2025
Morning stretch. Floor stretch. Arm stretch. Hip flexor stretch. Walk. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Chair stretching.
Bell Bottom Blues – Derek and the Dominoes – RIP Bobby Whitlock
Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Handbags And Gladrags – Rod Stewart
Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Scandalize My Name – Marian Anderson, feat. Franz Rupp
Amazing Grace – Paul Robeson
DESERT EAGLE – Beyoncé
Ibrahim – Eric Bogle
Tribal Council – Robbie Robertson
Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas
Old Abe Lincoln – Hermes Nye
My Dear Companion – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
I’ve Gotta Be Me – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Tell Me What Has Happened to You = George Harrison
Chance on Me – Mavis Staples
John Brown’s Body – Pete Seeger
Es Cuestion De Corazon – Agua Clara
Farther Along – The Byrds
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20 July 2025
Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Colombia Independence Day.
Colombia: Oh Gloria Inmarcesible (Colombian National Anthem) – -Orchestra Colombia
Llanero si soy llanero – Cholo Valderrama C
Soy Colombiano -Silva y Villalba
Sale el Sol – Shakira
La Cucharita – Jorge Velosa Y Los Carrangueros
Mambo Rock – Alfredo Linares
Vive a Tu Manera – Herencia de Timbiqui
Rebelión – Joe Arroyo
Pa’ Mayte – Carlos Vives
Colombia Tierra Querida – Lucho Bermúdez
Soy Yo – Bomba Estéreo
Colombia, Mi Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda Encanto
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19 July 2025
Hike. Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Southbound Train – Graham Nash & David Crosby
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Paul McCartney
Close My Eyes – Kristi Stassinopoulou
Still Standing – Robbie Robertson
Jesus Is My Only Friend – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Warsaw 1943 4:51 Johnny Clegg & Savuka
War / No More Trouble – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Catch the Wind – Donovan
Used to Be Bells – Rhiannon Giddens & Elftones
How Deep – Eliza Gilkyson
Please Stay – Bill Miller
Mairzy Doats – The Pied Pipers
Sing Me to Sleep – Deidre McCalla
Three Little Birds – Gracie’s Corner
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27 March 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Remembering Buddy Monahan.
Boomer Sooner – The University of Oklahoma Marching Band
Revolution – Kirk Franklin & The Family
Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
Native Child – Thunder Bird Sisters
Running – Joy Harjo
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
I Am Your Friend – Joanne Shenandoah
Earth And Sun – Sharon Burch
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser
Gentle Warrior – Kalolin Johnson, feat. Devon Paul & Thunder Herney
Heart Of A Hero – Shelley Morningsong
Native America – J25
No More – Fawn Wood
Ohenton Karihwatekwen Karenna – Bear Fox, feat. Lawrence Laughing
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24 March 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Anniversary of assassination of Saint Oscar Romero.
Cherokee Nation Remembrance Day. “186 years ago today, one of the final groups of Cherokees arrived in Indian Territory after being forcibly removed from our homelands and enduring a perilous journey across the Trail of Tears.”
El Padre Antonio Y Su Monaguillo Andrés – Rubén Blades
Homenaje a Rutilio Grande – SON
Oscar Romero – Dafydd Iwan
Romero – The Project Martyrs
El Salvador – Peter, Paul & Mary
Oscar Romero – Brotes de Olivo
Eulogy to Oscar Romero –
Oscar Romero – Garth Hewitt
Oscar Romero – Richard Gilpin
Archbishop Oscar Romero Memorial – Fran Schultz
Cherokee Stomp – Litefoot, feat. Tommy Wildcat
Cherokee Morning Song – Walela
Orphan Child – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Cherokee Tears – Jobel Star Cherokee Tears
On the Road Where They Cried – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Cherokee Trail of Tears – Native American Indians
Amazing Grace – Cherokee National Children’s Choir
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together -6 Joy Harjo
Trail of a Thousand Tears – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
Trail of Tears – Clannad
Cherokee Bend – Gordon Lightfoot
Cherokee Morning Song – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Prayer for My People – Jay Red Eagle
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
Trail Of Freedom – Bill Miller
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22 March 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
World Water Day.
Water – Blame Sally
Water – David LaMotte
Red Streaking Into The Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Shimmer, Prayer For Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Don’t Go Near the Water – Johnny Cash
Sailing Down My Golden River – Peggy Seeger
Shining River – Eric Bogle with John Munro & Brent Miller
Ocean Song – Mary Hopkin
My River – Tom Paxton
Fire & Water (Take Me Down) – Christine Anu
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige
In the River: A Protest Song – Raye Zaragoza
Water Is Life – Will Evans
Bleeding Rivers – Copper Wimmin
Trouble in the Water – Common, Malik Yusef & Kumasi, feat. Aaron Fresh, Choklate & Laci Kay
When the Levee Breaks – Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy
Wading Through – Terence Blanchard
Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
Water Is Life -Wanita Bird
Woman from Liberia – Jimmie Rodgers
Mni Wiconi – Nicky Murray
Mni Wiconi – Ana Saldaña
Mni Wiconi – Mariana Cortesão
Mni Wiconi – J.J. Kent
Water Is Life – Sara Thomsen
The Living Waters – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Mni Wiconi – Social Justice Disco, Phat Man Dee & Liz Berlin, feat. Johnny Creed Coe & Sun Bear Coe
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11 March 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Spit of Love – Bonnie Raitt
Suzanne – Joan Baez
Caress The Smile – Mary Youngblood
LLC – Nicki Minaj
I Want You Back – Dolly Parton
El Arado – Holly Near & Inti Illimani Historico
Cain – Patty Griffin
What I Can Do For You – Sheryl Crow
Angel’s Doorway – Suzanne Vega
Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
Floorplan – Tegan & Sara
Treasure Island – Mary Black
Celebration: Raga Manj Khamaj – Anoushka Shankar, Tanmoy Bose & Kenji Ota
It Matters to Me -Faith Hill
If I Needed You – Emmylou Harris
Where You Lead I Will Follow – Carole King
All I Want = Joni Mitchell
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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
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Along the Graybeard Trail 