Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
Revolution – Kirk Franklin & The Family (in memory of Buddy Monahan)
Formation – Beyonce
Play a Love Song – Hikaru Utada
Freedom Train – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Chain – Shawn Colvin
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Mahalia Jackson
Waiting for Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
When a Woman – Shakira
Fight for the Rights – Kelly Fraser
State of the World – Janet Jackson
Rock Me on the Water – Annie Humphrey
Electric Lady – Janelle Monae
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Un Dia Mas – Lya Barrioz
Cama-I – Mary Youngblood
Simple Joys – Pippin (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)
Tag Archives: stretching
27 March 2020
25 March 2020
Walking & Stretching in The Shire.
Unionhouse Branch – Alison Krauss & Union Station
My Foolish Heart – Roberta Flack
Mother – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Stand Up for Something – Andra Day
My Lord, What a Morning – Marian Anderson
See Saw – Aretha Franklin
Isketayo Sewow – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Prayer for the People – Carolyn M. Brittell
I Used to Be a Sailor – Tracy Chapman
Get It Up – TLC
Down the Road I Be Going – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Redemption Day – Sheryl Crow
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd – Miriam Makeba
Okay – Macy Gray
Robot Heart – Jessi Lee
Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)
10 March 2020
Walking. Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
Stretching.
Upgrade – Beyonce
Master of Eyes – Aretha Franklin
My Back Door – Melissa Etheridge
Cherokee – Walela
Lover Man – Billie Holiday
The Road’s My Middle Name – Bonnie Raitt
Autumn to May – Ann & Nancy Wilson
The Old Palmer’s Song – Seona McDowell
Join the Band – Ranky Tanky
Negra Persentuosa – Susana Baca
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Watch Your Step – Joan Armatrading
No Worry – Angelique Kidjo
Something to See – Tracy Chapman
Certainly Lord – Mary D. Williams
Louis – Nizhoni Girls
Skibbereen Sinead O’Connor
3 February 2020
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
James Brown – Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud
Think – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
The Klan – Richie Havens
Friendship Train – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway
Alabama – John Coltrane Quartet
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Polly Ann’s Hammer – Our Native Daughters
Virtuoso – Black Violin
Run Mourner, Run – Fannie Lou Hamer
Stille Tränen, Op. 32, No. 10 – Marian Anderson
27 January 2020
Treadmill walking.
Stretching.
Blink.
The Peat-Bog Soldiers – Paul Robeson
Liberation VII. Free at Last – Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: I. Andante – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: II. Tempo di marcia – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: III. Maestoso – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: IV. Allegro – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor – Op. 113, “Babi Yar”: II. Yumor – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Music Written in Terezin by Gideon Klein
Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con fuoco – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: II. Adagio – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace – Jaromir Klepac
Trio: I. Allegro – Czech String Trio
Trio: II. Lento – Variation on Moravian folk song themes – Czech String Trio
Trio: III. Molto vivace – Czech String Trio
Dance – by Hans Krasa – Czech Folk String Trio
Four Songs on Chinese Poetry by Pavel Haas – Karl Prusa & Jiri Pokorny
A Survivor from Warsaw – Simon Joly Chorale, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Craft & Philharmonia Orchestra
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
4 January 2019
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice – Folks Like Us
O Come, All Ye Faithful – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Little Drummer Boy – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Michael Franti
Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes – Bruce Cockburn
Silent Night – Pentatonix
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Choir of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Darlene Silversmith
Happy Christmas – John Lennon
O Holy Night – Nat King Cole
The Gifts They Gave – Johnny Cash
Good King Wenceslas – Philadelphia Orchestra
The Holly and the Ivy – The Roches
Here the Little Jesus Sleeps – Harry Belafonte
What Child Is This? – Oscar Peterson
26 December 2019
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
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New York, playlist
19 December 2019
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
18 December 2019
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
16 December 2019
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
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