Starting again.
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Elliptical. Strength work with NK Body Philosophy.
Off Beat Blues – Adina Nyree
Circle of Light – Walela
I Aint Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – Bessie Smith
Show Some Emotion – Joan Armatrading
Eyes on the Price – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Bettie Mae Fikes
Solitude – Billie Holliday
I Can’t Help You Now – Bonnie Raitt
Rock in This Pocket – Suzanne Vega
America – Tracy Chapman
September Moon – Thunder Bird Sisters
Ithemba – Sister Phumi
Heart Like a Wheel – Linda Ronstadt
Hooghan – Sharon Burch
Tag Archives: stretching
4 March 2019
25 February 2019
Treadmill. Strength work with NK Body Philosopy. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Love Revolution – Lenny Kravitz
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Harriet Tubman/Steal Away – Kim & Reggie Harris
Freedome Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Complexion – Kendrick Lamar
A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution – John Coltrane
John Henry – Paul Robeson
The Love I Never Had – Mary J. Blige
Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
So – Tracy Chapman
I Was Doing All Right – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Set the Night to Music – Roberta Flack
A Song for Assata – Common
19 February 2019
Walking. Stretching. Morningside Gardens.
Stiff and sore despite the stretching. Where’s that hot tub? (Those aren’t songs.)
Kenji – Fort Minor
Allegiance – Allegiance Original Cast
Resist – Allegiance Original Cast
Love’s Been Good to Me – Nina Simone
Day Dreaming – Aretha Franklin
The House of the Rising Sun – Lead Belly
Part of My Life – India.Arie
How Many More Years – Howlin’ Wolf
Main Title – The Wiz (Quincy Jones)
Born to Fight – Tracy Chapman
The Roadie Song – Aaron Neville
A Fine Romance – Louis Armstrong
Where Are the Keys to the Kingdom – Sweet Honey in the Rock
God Is Love – Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life – James Brown
P.D.D. – John Legend
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Fix Me Jesus – Bobby McFerrin
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho – Paul Robeson
Shoo Be Doo – Macy Gray
Sing a Message to You – Earth, Wind & Fire
18 February 2019
Treadmill. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Irreplaceable – Beyonce
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
Stand up for Something – Andra Day
Willow – Joan Armatrading
Take Time – Lenny Kravitz
The Klan – Richie Havens
Mr. Highway Man – Howlin’ Wolf
You Don’t Know Like I Know – Sam & Dave
I’ll Be Seeing You – Harry Pickens
String Quartet No. 2: III Andante – by George Walker
Motivation – Kelly Rowland
The One I Want – Carter Anderson
Easy Rider – Lead Belly
Thug N U Thug N Me – 2Pac
Why Do Things Happen to Me – B.B. King
5 February 2019
Gym at the Shire. Stretching
Morningside Gardens. Walking.
Laundry Room at the Shire. Laundry.
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
Party at Ground Zero – Fishbone
Renegades of Funk – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Colors – Ice-T
Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Control – Janet Jackson
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
Nelson Mandela – The Special AKA
Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro – by George Walker, performed by Son Sinora String Quartet
3 February 2019
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Flexibility and stretching with NK Body Philosphy.
Morningside Gardens. Walking.
I Should Be Proud – MarthaReeves & The Vandellas
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix
Whitey on the Moon – Gil Scott-Heron
Black Is – The Last Poets
Give More Power to the People – The Chi-Lites
Them Bully Full – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Black Maybe – Syreeta
To Be Young, Gifted and Black – Nina Simone
4 February 2019
Walking. Penn Station.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
Stretching.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
The Klan – Richie Havens
Friendship Train – Gladys Knight
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway
Alabama – John Coltrane
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Let America Be America Again – written by Langston Hughes, read by James Earl Jones
Filed under Exercise, Music, New York, playlist, Uncategorized
1 February 2019
Gym at the Shire. Flexibility and stretching with NK Body Philosophy.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Street Fighting Man – Rod Stewart
Wo Yao Ni De Ai – Grace Chang
You’ve Really God a Hold on Me – The Beatles
Zombie – The Cranberries
Sramaya – Habib Koite & Bamada
Grey Girl – Rebecca Riots
Candide Overture – Candide Pit Orchestra
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Everybody (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert)
Kangivumanga – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
All of Mine – Smokey Robinson
Bodhrans on the Brain – Black 47
The Beauty of the Rain – Dar Williams
Root Beer Rag – Bily Joel
Ghost – Awkwafina
2 February 2019
Gym at the Shire. Stretching and flexibility. At the same time as NK Body Philosophy.
Go Down Moses – Paul Robeson
Wade in the Water – The Blind Boys of Alabama
This Little Light of Mine – “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Choir
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
The Bourgeois Blues – Lead Belly
Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
No More Auction Block – Kim & Reggie Harris
Poor Man’s Blues – Bessie Smith
Oh Freedom – Sweet Honey in the Rock
My Lord, What a Morning – Marian Anderson
Stille Tranen, Op. 32, No. 10 – Robert Schumann
Black and Blue – Ain’t Misbehavin’
There is a Balm in Gilead – The Florida A & M University Concert Choir
Wade in the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Steal Away – The Princely Players
31 January 2019
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Strething.
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Long Way Around – Dixie Chicks
Everywhere I Go – Jackson Browne
As Long as the Grass Shall Grow – Johnny Cash
Duncan Johnston – Clann An Drumma
Sitting on the Dock of Bay – Otis Redding
You’ve Got to Show – Indigo Girls
Raincheck – Van Morrison
Whirlpool – Seal
Pulse (The City Beautiful) – Zen Fuse Box
Get Out – Macy Gray
Living without You – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
An Pac Ar Buile – Cherish the Ladies
Sweet Little Rock & Roller
Along the Graybeard Trail 