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27 March 2019

Early. Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Stretching.
This playlist gives thanks for Sean and extends his birthday celebration.
Third Movement of the Violin Concerto by Aram Khatchaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Hello Dolly – Hello Dolly
I’ve Decided to Marry You – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Marriage
Down on MacConnachy Square – Brigadoon
Seventy-Six Trombones – The Music Man
Yorktown – Hamilton
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – My Fair Lady
We Dance – Once on This Island
For Good – Wicked
Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof
Raise You Up/Just Be – Kinky Boots
Eye of the Tiger – Survive

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23 March 2019

Gym at the Shire. Treadmill (15 minutes slow pace but there). Arm work. Core work. Stretching.
Cherokee Flute – Gaby Nagel
It’s Going to Rain – Paula Nelson
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together – Joy Harjo
A Tribe Called Red – Angel Haze
Walk with Me – Mary Youngblood
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
The Rite of Letting Go – Sera
Universal Soldier – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Solidify – Sheryl Crow
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Angelique Kidjo
No More – Fran Wood
Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
Candles in the Wind/Lay Down – Melanie
Peace and Power – Joanne Shennandoah
Sandcastles – Beyonce
Spirit Lullaby – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Never Let Go – Nitanis “Kit” Largo
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
Song of Hope – Thunder Bird Sisters

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20 March 2019

Gym at the Shire. Short, slow walk on treadmill. Core exercises. Stretching.
Precious Lord – Fannie Lou Hamer
Spring Haze – Tori Amos
Spring Is Here – Ella Fitzgerald
It Might as Well Be Spring – Nina Simone
Spring – Tracy Chapman
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League – The Rockford Peaches
Crazy as Me – Alison Krauss
Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Itche Koutche – Angelique Kidjo
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyonce
I Can’t Wait – Stevie Nicks

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12 March 2019

Gym at the Shire.
Treadmill – slowly!
Strength work with NK Body Philosophy. Stretching,
Stabbing Pain – Plantar Fasciitis
Prayers for Polar Bears – Adina Nyree
I Come and Stand at Every Door – Annie Hills
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Skin Deep – Melissa Etheridge
St. Louis Blues – Bessie Smith
Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
Goodbye Song – Ranky Tanky
Leila – Rasha
Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
Silver Lining – Bonnie Raitt
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again – Eva Cassidy

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5 March 2019

Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Stretching. At the same time as NK Body Philosophy.
Stairway to the Stars – Ella Fitzgerald
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
Harriet Tubman – Holly Near
I Used to Love You – Adina Nyree
Why – Annie Lennox
The Calling – Sera
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
Women on the Tier – Suzanne Vega
Reckless Blues – Bessie Smith
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Most of the Time – Bettye LaVette
The Whippoorwill – Walela
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Gnawin’ on It – Bonnie Raitt

 

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4 March 2019

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

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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

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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

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16 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Heights.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
I Could Write a Book – Miles Davis
Georgia on My Mind – Harry Pickens
Rockin’ Chair – Louis Armstrong
It’s Over Now – Della Reese
Love Blues – Keb’ Mo’
My Shot (Rise Up Remix) – The Roots
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
I Know Where I Am Going – Harry Belafonte
Until the End of Time – 2Pac
Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Coming Home – Elmore James
The Way You Do the Thing You Do – The Temptations
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington
Things to Come – Dizzy Gillespie
Heading Back to New York – Joan Armatrading
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
Supreme Architecture – RZA

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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

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