Tag Archives: The Shire

15 May 2020, part I

Stretching. NK Body Philosophy. The Shire.
Yalli El Qumar – Mohammed Assaf
Wanabni – Kamulya Jubran
The Sun of Love – Rim Banna
Song for Palestine – Nora Roman & The Border Busters
Sans Addresse – Ramzi Aburedwan
Passport – Marcel Khalife
Dignity – El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
Daughter of the Desert – Rim Banna, feat. Bugge Wesseltoft & Checkpoint 303

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14 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
High Flyin Bird – Richie Havens
Gembi – Ramatou Diakite
Silgugu Isiphambano – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ghost – Indigo Girls
Carnival – Natalie Merchant
Jesus to a Child – George Michael
Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
I Hear a Symphony – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Full Circle – Loreena McKennitt
Vivir Sin Aire – El Sueno del Inka
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
Midnite Cruiser – Steely Dan
Island Paddy – Lunasa
The Farmer and the Cowman – Oklahoma (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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13 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
All songs by Stevie Wonder.
Happy Birthday
My Cherie Amour
Have a Talk with God
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Superstition
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Ordinary Pain
Higher Ground
Living for the City
I Just Called to Say I Love You
As
Sir Duke
Pastime Paradise
Isn’t She Lovely
Blowin’ in the Wind
For Once in My Life
Shelter in the Rain
Rainbow High – Evita (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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12 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
The Look of Love – Isaac Hayes
I’ll Be Around – Howlin’ Wolf
Mourne Maggie – The Sands Family
Make We Cry – Unchained XL
Zero G – Eileen Ivers
The Dalai Lama’s Candle – Eric Bogle
Star of the County Down – The Pogues
Eschucha Me – Gipsy Kings
Way of the World – Genesis
Go to Sleep – Ranky Tanky
The Girl with the Weight of the World in Her Hands – Indigo Girls
Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
Unforgettable – Roberta Flack
Good Hearted Woman – Willie Nelson
Dancing Feathers – Brule
Rose’s Turn – Gypsy (Playbill 30-Day Song Playlist – thanks Sean)

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11 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
Rashaida Dance – Indigenous Rashaida People
Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
Better Together – Jack Johnson
Feels Like Fire – Santana
Hurt – Johnny Cash
Black Spasmodic – A Tribe Called Quest
There Goes My Baby – The Drifters
Ex-Factor – Lauryn Hill
500 Drums – Charles Jefferson, Cynthia Jefferson & Mel Adams
Maria Christina – Los Lobos
My World Is Empty without You Babe – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Eleanor Rigby – Aretha Franklin
Not Looking – Mary J. Blige
Not to Blame – Joni Mitchell
Just You Wait – My Fair Lady (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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10 May 2020

Posted a day late.
The first portion is the second half of the Love & Hope in the Age of COVID-19 playlist by Ester Sihite. Sean provided the song for the Playbill 30-Song Challenge. There are tributes to Little Richard and Betty Wright.
Pacing. The Shire.
Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I’ll Follow the Sun – The Beatles
My  Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Holy – Jamila Woods
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Flashed Junk Mind – Milky Chance
Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Calling All Angels – Train
Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon
May This Be Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Know Him So Well – Chess (Playbill 30-day Challenge, thanks Sean)
Rock Island Line – Little Richard with Fishbone

Little Richard
Lucille
The Girl Can’t Help It
Tutti Frutti
Send Me Some Lovin’
Long Tall Sally
Get Down with It
True Fine Mama
Jenny, Jenny
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Anyway You Want Me
You Gotta Feel It

Betty Wright
Clean Up Woman
Tonight Is the Night
Where Is the Love

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9 May 2020

Most days, I create the playlist myself.
Some days, I get by with help from friends and family.
This is one of those days.
The first song was added to the list when Alonzo posted it this morning.
The middle section is half of a playlist, Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester. The second half will come tomorrow.
The final song was given to me by Sean as part of the Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge.
Pacing. The Shire.
Backlash Blues – Nina Simone
Sunday Best – Surfaces
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Biking – Frank Ocean
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
“40” – U2
Angel from Montgomery – John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
42 – Mumford & Sons
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Blackbird – Brad Mehldau
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Where the Light Is – Surfaces
Sal Tlay Ka Siti – Book of Mormon

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8 May 2020

Stretching. NK Body Philosophy.
Pacing. 2.23 miles. The Shire.
#AhmaudArbery #runwithMaud
Just Like A Woman – Carly Simon
I Shall Be Released – Bobby McFerrin
Dancing In The Street – The Mamas & The Papas
I Get A Kick Out Of You – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Love Is Dangerous – Fleetwood Mac
Songbird – Duncan Sheik
Love Is Everything – k.d. lang
Emotionally Yours – The O’Jays
Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
Carried Away – Crosby, Stills & Nash
All Night – Beyoncé
Where I Go – Natalie Merchant
Early Morning Rain – Ian & Sylvia
Pinball Wizard – The Who’s Tommy (Original Cast Recording) (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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5 May 2020, part 1

Pacing. The Shire,

Nikki Shawana – Sister Round Dance Song (MMIW Honour Song)

Song for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Jayda Gadwa

Performance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – music by A Tribe Called Red

Women’s Fancy Shawl Dance – Red Pheasant Powwow

Qiksaaktuq – Tanya Tagaq andToronto Symphony Orchestra

The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC.

Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists – Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, ONT

Song for Murdered and Mission Indigenous Women – West Shore Canoe Family

Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe

Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Inspired by the run of Métis activist and athlete Tracie Leost to raise awareness about Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women

Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantal Kreviazuk

Through the Flood – Indian City

Blackbird – Emma Stevens (in Mi’kmaq)

Say Her Name – Bear Fox

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4 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching with NK Body Philosophy. The Shire.
Catching up.
Maudabawn Chapel – Eileen Ivers
Walk All the Days – Black 47
Last Night I Dreamed – Blues Traveler
Lover Please – Melissa Etheridge
Boulevard – Jackson Browne
Vampire – Antsy Pants
Steel and Glass – John Lennon
Ray Charles Blues – Ray Charles
One Less Step of Footsteps – Jim Croce
Fill It Up Again – Indigo Girls
Never Know – Angelique Kidjo
Day after Day – Badfinger
Overture – Candide (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Take It Easy – Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington
Solitude – Duke Ellington
Rockin’ in Rhythm – Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Pyramid – Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington
Ko-Ko – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

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