Black History Month.
Walking. Arroyo. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
Let America Be America Again – by Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Rise Up – Andra Day
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM – Beyoncé
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Black America Again – Common, feat. Stevie Wonder
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Everytime I Feel the Spirit -The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Ain’t No New Thing – Gil Scott-Heron
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters) – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Blood Done Sign My Name – Mary D Williams
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Strange Fruit – Nina Simone
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Odetta
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
We March – Prince
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
We Rise – Rhiannon Giddens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
You’re Not Alone – Our Native Daughters
Step By Step – Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Grandma’s Hands -Bill Withers
Respect – Otis Redding
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Tag Archives: walking
01 February 2026
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Music, playlist
31 January 2026
Walking in the La Cueva Neighborhood.
Third Movement of the Violin Concero by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Honky Tonk – Miles Davis
A Song for You – Donny Hathaway
Kanawa – Habib Koité & Bamada
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
Happy Lesser Bairam Feast – Rim Banna
This World – The Staple Singers
Turn It Over – Noel Paul Stookey
Breathe – Roger Waters
The Kelly’s Keep Comin’ – Kris Kristofferson
Dancer – David Crosby
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Family, Music, playlist
21 January 2026
Walk. La Cueva Neighborhood. Floor stretching. Core work.
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
Yenakunu – Gurejele L’integrale
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields – Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
By the Light of Common Day – David Crosby, feat. Becca Stevens & Michelle Willis
Loose Ends – Dan Fogelberg
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Finish Line – Elton John & Stevie Wonder
These Are The Days – Van Morrison
Love Works In Strange Ways – The Staple Singers
She’s a Mean Job Blues – W.C. Handy W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues
Holdin’ Out – Indigenous
Thank You Teacher – Omar & Hana English
The Green Fields of France – The Fureys And Davey Arthur
Lina’s Waltz – Ahn Trio
Changes – Yes
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
14 January 2026
Stretching. Walk. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
Opus 17 – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
The Child Deirdre – Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Carol Channing –
Nowhere to Run – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois & Bram
For The Holy Land – Abraham Jam
99 1/2 Won’t Do – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Charmed – Los Lobos
Mustang Island =The Native Flute Ensemble
Ocarina – Agua Clara
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Luna
Old – Paul Simon
My Baby Left Me – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ballad Of A Dead Soulja – 2Pac
구두가게신사 – TARIN
Brooklyn, Goodbye- Black 47 with Suzzy Roche
I Like It – The Chicks
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
04 January 2026
Walking the arroyo. Stretching.
Silent Night – Lindsey Stirling
Quiet Time – Jim Brickman
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – BeBe & CeCe Winans
This Rush of Wings – Metamora
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Do You Hear What I Hear – Ed Ames
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Good King Wenceslas – Ed Gerhard
Merry Christmas! – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Cash
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Mary’s Little Boy Child – José Feliciano
What Child Is This – Jonathan Maracle
Holy Is Your Name – The Many
Circle of Love – Jennifer Nettles
Christmas Is Coming – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – Charles. T. Cozens
Filed under Albuquerque, Christmas, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
31 December 2025 – Watch Night – New Year’s Eve – Clemente
Walk – slowly – North Domingo Baca Park
Watch Night.
Roberto Clemente death.
Farewell 2025, welcome 2026.
The World Is Old Tonight – Little Windows
Auld Lang Syne – Jersey Boys Ensemble
Auld Lang Syne – Eric Rigler
Auld Lang Syne – Shawn Lyons
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
New Year’s Resolution – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Kingdom Coming – Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar, Art Baron & Molly Mason
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Freedom – Richie Havens
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – The Freedom Singers
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
All Through the Night – Nancy Wilson
Auld Lang Syne – Joanne Shenandoah
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Christmas, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
20 December 2025
Stretching. Walk, slowly, ever so slowly, in La Cueva neighborhood.
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Mahalia Jackson
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Go Tell It On The Mountain – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Tom Waits
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Las Posadas – José Feliciano
Silent Night – The Temptations
Asleep At Last -The Wailin’ Jennys
A Cradle In Bethlehem – Nat King Cole
I Wonder as I Wander – Ed Ames
O Holy Night – Jennifer Nettles
Little Drummer Boy – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells – Windham Hill Artists
Come Faithful Ones – Red Nativity
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Christmas, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
19 December 2025
Walking North Domingo Multigenerational Center track. Marginally faster than yesterday.
The Rebel Jesus – Seven Nations
Once in Royal David’s City – David Briggs, Orgnn/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge King’s College Choir
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Sarah McLachlan, feat. The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Children’s Choir and Youth Choir
We Three Kings – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
The Little Drummer Boy – Dolly Parton
Silent Night – Johnny Cash
O Holy Night – Frances
Magical World – Peter Mayer
The Holly And The Ivy – Alex de Grassi
Go Tell It On The Mountain – James Taylor
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Michael Manring
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
O Come O Come Emmanuel – Carpenters
O Little One Sweet – The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choi
Stille Nacht – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Behold, The Lamb Of God – Yellowjackets
18 December 2025
International Migrants Day. Walking 2.13 miles at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Slower pace than yesterday. Stretching.
Unite 75 – Daara J Family
Immigrant – John McCutcheon
Ave Que Emigra – Gabby Moreno
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Gourma – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
La Jaula de Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Alien – Gil-Scott Heron
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
La Frontera – Lagartijeando, feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
The Dreamer – Jackson Browne
My Only Home – Unchained XL, feat. Genesis Elijah & Femi Ashiru
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, feat. John Legend
Running – Keyon Harrold, Andrea Pizziconi & Jasson Harrold, feat. Running feat. Common & Gregory Porter
Amor Migrante – Elena & Los Fulanos
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
Godspeed – Radney Foster
Where We Are – Diana Jones
Migra – Santana
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
The Immigrants – Gabby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Deportees – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
Refugee King – Liz Vice, feat. Hannah Glover
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Antiracism, Christmas, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist, United Nations
17 December 2025
Walking 2.25 miles on the track at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Would post the time but I can’t figure out how to read the sundial that was used. Stretching. The slow start continues.
For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
O Holy Night – Musiq Soulchild
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Celtic Woman
I Believe In Father Christmas – Glòria
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -8 Julie Andrews
Celebra – Black Violin, De La Ghetto, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
In dulci jubilo – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – John Legend, feat. Esperanza Spalding
The Longest Night – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells 3:15 Pentatonix
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Angels We Have Heard on High – Karla Bonoff
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Silent Night – The Temptations
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Christmas, Music, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 