Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Let America Be America Again (by Langston Hughes) – James Earl Jones
At the Purchaser’s Option – Rhiannon Giddens
Wade in the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Juneteenth – Cast of Black-ish
Have a Talk with God – Stevie Wonder
New World Symphony – Earth, Wind & Fire
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Forward – Beyonce
Great Day – Kim & Reggie Harris
Moving On – Sweet Honey in the Rock
This Little Light of Mine – “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Choir
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands – Odetta
I’m Just a Slave – The Roots
Every Time I Feel the Spirit – The Florida A&M Choir
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Don’t Want to Get Away – Carter Anderson
Handsome Johnny – Richie Havens
Better Git Yer Learnin’ – Our Native Daughters
For What It’s Worth – Keb’ Mo’
Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King – Big Maybelle
Tag Archives: Morningside Gardens
1 February 2020
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
29 January 2020
Walking. Midtown. Morningside Gardens
Heaven Is in Your Mind – Traffic
Patriot – City Folk
Watch Your Step – Joan Armatrading
The Rock – Harry Chapin
Rainmaker – Keb’ Mo’
Shelter in the Rain – Irma Thomas
Grey Eagle – David LaMotte
Change Gonna Come – Otis Redding
No One Else – Mary J. Bilge
Wheels of Laredo – The Highwomen
Back When Ted Loved Sylvia – Nanci Griffith
Golden Sun Goddess – Jessie Ed Davis
Put on Your Sunday Clothes – Hello Dolly
28 January 2020
Most playlists are put together to reflect some level of diversity, Others focus on a specific day or event or person or theme. Most days no introduction to the playlist is provided. Today marks an exception.
About today’s playlist.
Forty-six years ago today, my father, William H. Koenig, died in a plane crash. A private pilot, he was flying with a colleague to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advocate for funds for the school district where they were working. The plane went down. Both men died.
Prior to becoming a school administrator he had been a high school band director. He kept his hands in music as he career moved in a different direction. He played string bass in the pit orchestra for high school musicals and he was the first director of the hand bell choir at our church.
He also directed a community band for several years. For two years, I played baritone horn in that band.
One or another of the bands my father directed, played almost all of these songs at some point. Many of them I played under my father’s direction.
Dad – since it fell unto your lot
That you should rise and I should not
I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call
Good night and joy be with you
Walking. Whitestone. Morningside Gardens.
Unless otherwise noted, the artist performing the songs is the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.
Semper Fidelis
The Thunderer
Washington Post
Hands Across the Sea
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Scotland the Brave – The Pipes & Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
Under the Double Eagle
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Stars and Stripes Forever
The British Grenadiers
The National Emblem
Rakoczy March/Hungarian March
Light Calvary Overture – London Festival Orchestra
March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Suite No. 1
Coronation March from Le Prophete
Grand March from Aida
Pomp and Circumstance
26 January 2020
Finally back at it.
Walking. Penn Station. Morningside Gardens.
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Nengone Nodegu – Ok! Ryos
Walk Beside Me – Celtic Woman
The Other Side of Town – Steve Earle
Days Are Short – Arlo Guthrie
Long Journey Home – Elvis Costello with Anuna
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill
Mozart: Divertimento #17 in D – Salzburg Consort
Chrysalis – Spyro Gyra
Everyday Is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
Gending Sekar Gabund – Gamelan Salunding
Packing Trunk Blues – Lead Belly
A Simple Hymn – Little Windows
Blind Love – B.B. King
Honey Chile – Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Harvest – Ani DiFranco
25 December 2019
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
21 December 2019
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
15 December 2019
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
12 December 2019
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
10 December 2019
Walking (30 minutes). Morningside Gardens.
The playlist continued during the day.
Nar Yu Right – Star Zee
Rise Up – Andra Day
Anthem for the Amazon – Amazon Aid
My People – Yusaf/Cat Stevens
Just One Candle – Abraham Jam
God Bless the Child – Richie Havens
Masters of War – Eddie Vedder & Mike McReady
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Victor Jara’s Hands – Calexico
Took the Children Away – Archie Roach
Ring Them Bells – Natasha Bedingfield
You’ve Got to Run – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
The Times They Are A-Changing – Flogging Molly
Know Your Rights – The Clash
Freedom! ’90 – George Michael
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
One Human One Vote – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Dreamer – Jackson Brown & Los Cenzontles
Not in My Name – John McCutcheon
The Music of Healing – Tommy Sands & Pete Seeger
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Mothers of the Disappeared – U2
Luka – Suzanne Vega
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Redemption Song – Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Libertad – Los Miserables
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Filed under Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist, United Nations
7 December 2019
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Purple Snowflakes – John Legend
People Look East – Choir of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
O Holy Night – Darlene Silversmith
Angels We Have Heard on High – Indigo Girls
Carol of the Bells – Steve Morse & Manuel Barruecco
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Trace Bundy
What Child Is This? – Maya Brennan
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Silent Night, Holy Night – Julie Andrews
Once in Royal David’s City – Eric Rigler
Little Drummer Boy – Philadelphia Orchestra
Creator of the Stars of Night – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet
All I Want for Christmas – david m. bailey
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
Away in a Manger – Amanda Rheaume
It Came upon a Midnight Clear – Willie Nelson
Rocking Carol – The Buskaid Soweto String Project
Along the Graybeard Trail 