Daily Song of Hope
We post here a song most days - of hope, resilience, connection - to all of you in these tough times. 150 so far.
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The songs (by dagte of posting):
- Wild Mountain Thyme as sung by Kate Rusby. Can we dream of summer? watch (1/21/21)
- You Are Not Alone by Jeff Tweedy. Remembering those who have died. As performed by Mavis Staples. watch (1/19/21)
- Lift Every Voice & Sing by Stanford Talisman. A powerful new video. We can see in these faces who we can be as a nation. watch (1/18/21 MLK Day)
Week of Jan. 11-17:
- Stand Up / Stand N Rock by Taboo For Deb Haaland, of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, Biden's historic pick for Secretary of Interior. watch (1/17/21)
- Now Is the Cool of the Day by Jean Ritchie. "You may live in this garden if you keep the people free." recording by Annie Patterson (1/16/21)
- Gonna Take Us All by Jon Fromer. For all those most directly threatened by the racist violence facing our nation. watch (1/15/21)
- The Worst You've Ever Done (Death Penalty Song) by Charlie King & Karen Brandow. Inspired by the words of Sr. Helen Prejean - as Trump rushes to excecute as many prisoners as he can before Jan 20th. watch 1/14/21)
- Can't Kill the Spirit by Naomi Morena. This video, featuring Marilyn Keller, was created in 2016 soon after DRT's election "so it could nurture us during times of struggle". watch (1/13/20)
- Resilient by Rising Appalachia. We'll show up at the table - again & again & again... watch (1/10/21)
Week of Jan. 4-10:
- Peace, Salaam, Shalom written by Pat Humphries. A moving recording of the song "Peaace through All People". watch (1/9/21)
- Look 'Em in the Eye by Reggie Harris. Do what you're doin’ - try to set the spark. Stand your ground! Black lives matter. watch (1/8/21)
- Season of Peace by Si Kahn. Now on this earth all shattered & torn, may our hopes be like the season reborn. watch (1/7/21)
- Ain't Ya Got a Right? dedicated to the federal prisoners the president is rushing to execute before he leaves office. rec featuring Kim Harris. (1/5/21)
Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3:
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes for 3 whom we've lost: orig 1967 demo rec by Sandy Denny, live rec by Nina Simone, rec by Eva Cassidy (1/2/21)
- Ring in the New Year (a round). Wishing you "joy, joy, joy!" watch (12/31/20)
- Home - popularized by Phillip Phillips. Just know you're not alone. Watch video by PS22 Chorus. (12/30/20)
- Hope for One & All by David Mallett. There's hope for you & me - even when our backs are against the wall. watch (12/29/20)
Week of Dec. 21-27:
- Chariots by John Kirkpatrick. Muskets & sabers & swords shall be sundered surrendered to the sound that is sweeping the sky. watch (12/27/20)
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Wishing you connection, comfort & healing in this holiday season. a new video by Norah Jones (12/25/20)
- Mary Had a Baby trad. African American Spiritual. As sung by Pete Seeger watch (12/24/20)
- None of Us Are Free. Say their names. orig rec by Ray Charles. 2002 Grammy-winning rec by Solomon Burke with the Blind Boys of Alabama. (12/23/20)
- Mother, We'll Meet Again by Reye Zaragoza. This is one of several of her songs featured in the 2020 documentary film "Gather: The Fight to Revive Our Native Foodways". watch (12/22/20)
- Light Is Returning by Charlie Murphy for the Winter Solstice! rec with Jami Sieber & The Total Experience Gospel Choir. (12/21/20)
Week of Dec. 14-20:
- Sussex Mummers Carol as performed at The Christmas Revels. Celebrating Old Yule! watch (12/18/20)
- Many & the Few For the last night of Hanukkah. Woody Guthrie tells the story of The Maccabees. From recording by The Klezmatics (12/17/20)
- In the Bleak Midwinter What can I give him, poor as I am? I can give my heart. rec in Glouster Cathedral 12/16/20
- Time to Remember the Poor - rec by by Nowell Sing We Clear When in plenty you are sitting by a warm fireside, that's the time... rec by Waterson-Carthy (12/15/20)
- Hanuka Dance by Woody Guthrie. from rec by The Klezmatics Around & around you go! children video (12/14/20)
Week of Dec. 7-13:
- Light One Candle by Peter Yarrow. Don't let the light go out! watch (12/11/2))
- Let Justice Roll Down by Aileen Vance. When the way gets rough we'll make a new way... watch (12/10/20)
- For Your Dignity by Annie Patterson. For the kitchen workers of the world. watch (12/9/20)
- Forever Young by Bob (our only Nobel Laureate folksinger). May you always do for others & let others do for you. watch live recording with The Band (12/8/20)
- Hills of Isle au Haut by Gordon Bok. It's away & to the westward is the place a man should go... watch (12/7/20)
Week of Nov 30-Dec 6:
- If Not Now by Carrie Newcomer. Although there will be struggle, we'll make the change we can. watch 12/6/20
- Old Devil Time by Pete Seeger. When I feel afraid, my lovers gather round... watch (12/5/20)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is by Sally Fingerett. As sung by Peter, Paul & Mary. Inside your heart where love is - is where you've got to make yourself a home. watch (12/4/20)
- Unicornio escrito por Silvio Rodriquez. Cantada por la fabulosa Mercedes Sosa. watch (11/30/20)
Week of Nov 23-29:
- Troubles of the World - an African American spiritual as recorded by Mahalia Jackson. Soon I will be done... watch (11/29/20)
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder. For the people & things that will stay forever in ours hearts. watch (11/27/20)
- Sawaenemiyah by Wade Fernandez ("Walks with the Black Wolf") of Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. From "Breathe & Flow". watch (11/26/20)
- Thanksgiving Eve by Bob Franke. Love's seed overshadows the power of death. watch (11/25/20)
- There'll Be a Day by Sloop Clearwater Capt. Bob Killian. From Pete Seeger's Tomorrow's Children CD. The world doesn't know it's within our hands to make this world a heaven or hell. watch (11/24/20)
Week of Nov 16-22:
- This Joy I Have by Shirley Caesar, sung by the Resistance Revival Chorus. The world didn't give it, the world can't take it away. watch (11/22/20)
- The Parting Glass (trad. Irish) For those we love. And those we miss. Godwana Chorale Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen (11/21/20)
- World in Their Pocket by Malvina Reynolds The poor suffer the most from climate change & the pandemic. ("But their pocket's got a hole.") watch (11/20/20)
- The People Gonna Rise like the Water. I hear the voice of my great granddaughter, saying "Keep it in the ground!" watch (11/19/20)
- Rosebud in June as rec by Steeleye Span. We'll pipe & we'll sing, love - we'll dance in a ring... watch (11/18/20)
Week of Nov 9-15:
- Urge for Going by Joni Mitchell. Mitchell rec Winter's arrival is especially painful in this time of COVID. 1st rec by Tom Rush in 1967. Rush rec (11/14/20)
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone by Pete Seeger - orig Seeger rec Performed by Kronos Quartet as the first song in a Live at Carnegie Hall broadcast. watch (11/13/20)
- My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying by Buffy Sainte Marie. 400 years ago today English colonists first made landfall in the homelands of Northeastern Native peoples. watch (11/11/20)
- The Same Water by John Sheldon. For Standing Rock. Protectors, still standing, no weapons in our hands... watch (11/10/20)
- Freedom Road by Reggie Harris. For civil rights pioneers like Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Fanny Lou Hamer & John Lewis who paved the way. watch (11/9/20)
Week of Nov 2-8:
- Oh Happy Day as sung by Aretha Franklin with Mavis Staples. Watch, fight & pray. watch (11/8/20)
- Hope Lingers On by Lissa Schneckenburger of Low Lily - video by Boston Children's Choir. I will not hate & I will not fear. watch (11/7//20 = day Biden is announced as '20 election winner)
- All the Weary Mothers by Joan Baez, as sung by Annie Patterson. And the men & women of the earth shall rest. watch (11/6/20)
- Hand Upon Your Heart by Patricia McKernon. Our souls need some comfort right now... watch (11/5/20)
- The Water Is Wide from a live concert by Pete Seeger. Our first "repeat" - because of what Pete says here about the ocean of misunderstanding between human beings - and how critical it is for us to find a way to bridge it. watch (11/4/20)
- The President Sang Amazing Grace by Zoe Mulford. Recalling when we had a president with character. Performed by Meklit & Kronos String Quartet. watch (11/3/20)
- We Shall Rise by John McCutcheon. And when we stand in judgment before our children's eyes, not a soul will be forgotten... watch (11/2/20)
Week of Oct 26-Nov 1:
- Monster Mash performed by Bobby Pickett. It was a graveyard smash. watch (10/31/20)
- I Shall Be Released by Bob Dylan. From "The Last Waltz" film. Any day now, any day now... watch (10/30/20)
- What's That I Hear by Phil Ochs. From 1976 memorial concert in NYC a month after Phil's death. watch (10/29/20)
- Rise Up by Melanie DeMore. How can children shape their future if they're hungry all day long? watch (10/28/20)
- Our People Gonna Rise by Emma's Revolution with Reggie Harris. We're grieving, fighting, and will surely rise! watch (10/26/20)
Week of Oct 19-Oct 25:
- All I Ask of You by Gregory Norbert (formerly onWeston Priory in VT). Someone may be calling you to be there for a while... watch (10/25/20)
- Shine On by May Erlewine. live performance with Sawyer Fredericks There is work to do done in the dark before dawn. orig rec with Seth Bernard (10/23/20)
- Low to the Ground by Libby Roderick. Libby singing song Live close to the earth. child dancing to song (10/22/20)
- Red-winged Blackbird by David Francey. Another incredibly beautiful day in Western Mass. Saw a cardinal outside our window... watch (10/19/20)
Week of Oct 12-18:
- Missionaries by Floyd Westerman. Painful truth about how Christians have viewed and treated people of other faiths. watch (10/18/2)
- Men of the Fields by Buffy Sainte-Marie. If we learn to follow Indigenous farming practices we can feed the earth justly and sustainably. watch (10/17/20)
- Fields of Gold - rec by the amazing Eva Cassidy, whom we lost so soon. A tender summer love song by Sting. watch (10/16/20)
- Now That the Buffalo's Gone - by Buffy Sainte-Marie. This Indigenous Peoples Day. And what have you done for these ones? For these nations? watch (10/11/20)
Week of Oct 5-11:
- Broom o' the Cowderknowes - Child Ballad #217 rec by Silly Wizard. Ah the broom, the bonny bonny broom... watch (10/10/20)
- Garnet's Home-made Beer by Ian Robb. Roasting Garnet Rogers to the tune of his brother Stan's classic song... watch (10/9/20)
- I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash (August 19, 1940-October 6, 2020) watch (10/8/20)
- Sae Will We Yet rec by North Sea Gas. This upbeat poem by Scottish poet Walter Watson is balm for hard times. watch (10/6/20)
Week of Sept 28-Oct 4:
- Gone Gonna Rise Again by Si Kahn. watch The seeds we plant now iin our work for justice & the earth will bear fruit for generations to come. Sung by Annie Patterson. (10/5/20)
- Gonna Vote Your Asses Out! by Emma's Revolution. Premiered during our final Sing out the vote concert. watch (10/3/20)
- Move It On Over by Hank Williams. Doing all we can to make sure someone packs up in January! watch (10/1/20)
- Government on Horseback by Si Kahn. For Ronnie but also for Donald... watch (9/29/20)
Week of Sept 21-27:
- Mountain Song by Holly Near. For RBG. A giant of a woman in a small frame. watch - rec with Emma's Revolution (9/27/20)
- Keep On Moving It On - by Odetta. For RBG. And all the work we've got to do! watch (9/26/20)
- Still Ain't Satisfied, by Bonnie Lockhart. For RBG. And all she did for women's rights. watch (9/25/20)
- I'm Gonna Lift My Sister Up by Faya Rose Touré (first Black judge in Alabama). If we don't lift her up, we will fall down... For RBG. watch (9/23/20)
- Never One Thing by May Erlewine. Erlewine video For RBG. We shall not give up the fight, we have only started. Patterson/Witt rec (9/21/20)
Week of Sept 14-20:
- Mi Sheiberach by Debbie Friedman. For Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) watch (9/19/20)
- I Hear a Call - sung by Emmylou Harris. How are we being called today? Can we be there for those facing COVID alone? watch (9/18/20)
- Let the Sun Shine Down on Me by Jean Ritchie. Sung by the Family Folk Machine: a folk choir from Iowa City. Ritchie's rec She knew there's a great day coming... wonderful community choral video of song (9/17/20)
- Roll to the River by Cindy Kallet. That the river may carry us. watch (9/15/20)
Week of Sept 7-13:
- Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. Is your car fast enough that we can fly away? watch (9/13//20)
- We Shall Not Be Moved sung by the SNCC Freedom Singers at the 1963 March on Washington. Black Lives Matter. watch (9/12/20)
- Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight) by Roy Zimmerman. Join our virtual Sing Out the Vote campaign at riseupandsing.org/vote watch (9/9/20)
- Roll the Union On by John Handcox & Lee Hays. Celebrating working people & our unions. From the 1941 Almanac Singers "Talking Union" album. watch (9/7/20)
Week of Aug 31-Sept 6:
- Amazed by Cantor Linda Hirschhorn. Remembering what we have to be grateful for even in hard times. watch (9/6/20)
- Lay Down Your Weary Song by Bob Dylan. Because everyone deserves care & justice. (for SAFPAW.org supporting the homeless community) watch (9/5/20)
- Final Trawl - a lovely ballad by the incomparable Archie Fisher. watch (9/4/20)
- Elijah Played the Violin - by David Rovics. For Elijah McClain - killed for the color of his skin. Black lives matter. watch (9/3/20)
- We Are One - by Pat Humphries, sung by Emma's Revolution in Seoul in 2003. Can we find peace with each other in the US today? (No justice, no peace. ) watch (9/2/20)
- Elijah by Bill Harley, choral arrangment by Peter Amidon. For Elijah McClain (d. 8/24/19) Black Lives Matter. watch (9/1/20)
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by Bob Dylan. Hey: is this a great pandemic song or what? watch (8/31/20)
Week of August 24th:
- Salaam (Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu) from the band Sheva. Sheva has travelled the world spreading the hope for peace in the Middle East. watch (8/28/20)
- And We Shall Want No More by Joanna Katzen. A lullaby for children who go to bed in hunger & fear. watch (8/27/20)
- Across the Borderline by Ry Cooder. Up & down the Rio Grande, a thousand footprints in the sand. video by Guatemlan singer Gaby Moreno. recording by Willie Nelson. (8/25/20)
- Still Looking for Freedom by John Fromer. You won't find it alone. watch (8/24/20)
Week of August 17th:
- Gonna Live the Life I Sing About by Thomas A. Dorsey, sung by Mahalia Jackson - who closed the Democratic National Convention in 1956. I can't sing one thing & then live another. watch (8/23/20)
- Rise As One by Joe Jencks. The Dem. convention was about people standing together. This song is for people in Red towns fighting for their teachers. watch (8/22/20)
- Talkin' about a Revolutin by Tracy Chapman. Poor people gonna rise up & get their share. watch (8/20/20)
- We Were There by Bev Grant. For the centenary of the ratification of the 19th amendment on August 20, 1920. watch (8/18/20)
- Blackbird by Paul McCartney & recorded on The Beatles white album, sung here by Rachel Wood in the film "Across the Universe". watch (8/17/20)
Week of August 10th:
- Row On - a trad. 19th c. whaler's poem, set to music by Tim Laycock. There's dawn beyond the night. watch (8/16/20)
- One Love by Bob Marley, as performed by Playing for Change. Pleading for one humankind. watch (8/15/20)
- Cinco Siglos Igual (500 Years the Same)- nueva canción by Leon Gieco & Luis Gurevich, sung by Mercedes Sosa. In the NE it's been 400 years (1620-2020) - 500 years for the indigenous people of Latin America. watch (8/14/20)
- Since I Laid My Burdens Down sung by Bernice Johnson Reagon. We don't have to carry it all alone. watch (8/13/20)
- Lord Franklin, sung by Kevin Burke & MÍCHEÁL Ó DOMHNAILL. A sad & tender love song for a time when we need love, including for those we've lost. watch (8/12/20)
- Our House Is On Fire by Emma's Revolution. For Greta Thunberg and all the young people fighting for our planet. watch (8/10/20)
Week of Aug 3rd:
- Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan. I'll tell it & think it & speak it & breathe it. watch (8/9/20)
- Gracias a la Vida by Chilean pioneer of the nueva canción movement, Violeta Parra. Affirming love and life in the time of COVID. watch (8/7/20)
- Walls by country singers Kennedy Rose. However will we know what can be found until we let the walls come tumbling down? watch (8/6/20)
- No More Auction Block sung by Paul Robeson. Many thousands gone. watch (8/4/20)
- Even You by Tom Prasada-Rao When it’s impossible to right the wrong, there’s still a refuge where we both belong. watch (8/3/20)
Week of July 27th:
- Never Gonna Break My Faith by Aretha Franklin Faith & hope ain't yours to give, Truth & liberty are mine to live. watch (8/1/20)
- Turning of the World by Ruth Pelham With every voice, with every song, we will move this world along. watch (7/30/20)
- Solo Le Pido a Dios by Leon Gieco, sung Luciano Pereyra. I only ask God that I never grow indifferent to pain. watch (7/29/20)
- Still on the Bridge by Claudia Schmidt. Like John Lewis we'll turn this hate around. watch (7/27/20)
Week of July 20th:
- Peace in the Valley by Thomas A. Dorsey, performed by Sam Cooke. For John Lewis. "Be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I'll see.: watch (7/26/20)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free - Nina Simone classic (and on Annie's new"Fearless" CD) Sung here by Emeli Sande. watch (7/25/20)
- Bread & Roses, sung by Joan Baez & Mimi Farina. For 19th amendment passed Aug. 18, 1920. Unnumbereed women dead go crying thru our singing their ancient call for bread. watch (7/24/20)
- Long Kesh by Matt Jones of SNCC Freedom Singers, new v. by Magpie. John Lewis presente: His spirit keeps on living! watch (7/23/20)
- A Way Out of No Way by Sally Rogers. Written for John Lewis' 2016 sit-in for sensible gun laws. "There's a time to end the silence." watch (7/22/20)
- Custer Died for Your Sins from Floyd Westerman. "A new day must begin." Change MA flag now (last racist state flag in U.S.) watch (7/21.20)
- Your Daughters & Your Sons by Tommy Sands. Sung by Charlie King & Karen Brandow."You sowed the seeds of freedom in..." watch (7/20/20)
Week of July 13:
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle "We've struggled so long, we must be free." watch (7/19/20)
- Chimes of Freedom by Bob Dylan rec by Bruce Springsteen in East Berlin 1988. For John Lewis (1940-2020). watch (7/18/20)
- That Kind of Grace From Anne Hills & David Roth When I sing Amazing Grace, your face is what I see. watch (7/17/20)
- I Ain't Got No Home in This World by Woody Guthrie. The gambling man is rich & the working man is poor. watch (7/15/20)
- Calling Joe Hill as sung by Roy Bailey. Teller of elemental wrongs, of the heart's imaginings: Teach us the skill. watch (7/14/20)
Week of July 6:
- Crossing the Bar For those we've lost. Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson set to music by Rani Arbo. watch (7/12/20)
- One Drum by Native Caandian singer Leela Gilday. Celebrating McGirt v. Oklahoma. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. watch (7/11/20)
- Mean Things Happenin' in This Land by John Handcox. The people are goin' on & the people are growin' strong. watch (Handcox) watch (Teresa Healy & Tom Juravich) (7/10/20)
- Rise As One from Aaron Fowler. We will win - standing side by side! watch (7/9/20)
- Guide My Feet led by Cordell Reagon of The Freedom Singers. Stand by me as I run this race. watch (7/8/20)
- You've Got to Be Carefully Taught sung by Audra McDonald. For Bubba Wallace who tweeted "Love should come naturally...people are taught to hate. Love wins." watch (7/7/20)
- Up Over My Head African American spiritual adap. by Betty Mae Fikes. I see freedom in the air! watch (7/6/20)
Week of June 29:
- Wasn't That a Time? by Lee Hays (of The Weavers) & Walter Lowenfels, as performed by Pete Seeger. Isn't this a time? watch (7/4/20)
- A Healing in This Night by Bob Franke. watch (7/3/20)
- I Am a Patriot by Steve Van Zandt, sung by Jackson Browne. We can't turn our backs this time. watch (7/2/20)
- I Have Seen Freedom Being Born by Si Kahn, sung by Charlie King & Annie Patterson. Would I have known had I not heard their stories? watch (6/30/20)
- $20 Bill by Tom Prasado-Rao. For George Floyd. Say their names. watch (6/29/220)
Week of June 22:
- Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan sung by Mavis Staples. Time for some folks to choose whom they're gonna serve... watch (6/27/20)
- We Won't Hold Back by Ruth Pelham. Celebrating 5 years of marriage equality today! watch (6/26/20)
- Those Three Are On My Mind sung by Pete Seeger. For James, Andrew & Michael killed by Klan on 6/21/64 during Miss. Freedom Summer. Say their names. watch (6/24/20)
- Hold On Just a Little Bit Longer by Rev. Cleophus Robinson Jr. Sing on just a little bit longer. Fight on... watch (6/22/20)
Week of June 15:
- Senzenina What have we done? watch (6/21/20)
- O Freedom! For Juneteenth. Goin' home. watch (6/19/20)
- Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye. Say their names. watch (6/18/20)
- One in Six by Charlie King & Rick Burkhardt. Black lives matter. watch (6/17/20)
- Asikatali - a South African song from the struggle against apartheid. watch (6/15/20)
Week of June 8:
- I Don't Feel No Ways Tired. Gospel classic sung by The Barrett Sisters. We've not come this far to be left here! watch (6/14/20)
- It Isn't Nice by Malvina Reynolds, new recording by Reggie Harris. You were quiet just like mice - now you say that we aren't nice. watch (6/13/20)
- Don't Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down by Eric Bibb Don't let nobody turn you round.... watch (6/11/20)
- Woke Up This Morning from the SNCC Freedom Singers. As MLK said "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice". watch (6/10/20)
- Glory by John Legend & Common.(from the film "Selma"). Now we right the wrongs in history. watch (6/9/20)
- We Shall Overcome from 2009 film "Soundtrack for a Revolution" re songs of freedom movement watch (6/8/20)
Week of June 1:
- Love's in Need of Love Today by Stevie Wonder. Hate's going round. We can stop it. watch (6/6/20)
- Motherless Child sung by Odetta. We're still a long ways from home. watch (6/5/20)
- We Gotta Pray by Alicia Keys. Are we gonna run or are we gonna fight? watch (6/4/20)
- A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. It's been a long time coming but... watch (6/3/20)
- Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around rec by Sweet Honey in the Rock. Justice for George Floyd. watch (6/2/20)
- Still Small Voice by Bob Franke. The papers said they killed the dream but they never killed the still small voice. watch (6/1/20)
Week of May 25:
- Somebody's Hurting My Brother by Yara Allen of Poor People's Campaign. We won't be silent anymore! watch (5/30/20)
- Ella's Song by Bernice Reagon Johnson sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock. For George Floyd. We who believe in freedom cannot rest. watch (5/29/20)
- Hallelujah by Katherine Wheatley - looking forward to when traveling musicians can hit the road again! watch (5/28/20)
- Somewhere to Begin by T.R.Ritchie sung by Charlie King. People ask how we can sing in times like these? watch 4/27/20
- Festival by Khaled Siddiq in celebration of Eid al-Fitr. May God's blessings be showered upon you. watch (5/24/20)
- Ederlezi is a song of Romani people in Serbia. Images celebrating Roma pride. watch (5/23/20)
- Lady of the Harbor by Joe Jencks. Will we still welcome them with open arms? watch (5/22/20)
- Ain't Got No - I Got Life from Nina Simone. Got my life, got my soul. watch (5/21/20)
- White Sandy Beach from singer activist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. IZ would be 61 today. Calm my restless heart. watch (5/20/20)
- Stand Up from Mike Stern & Brooklyn Women's Chorus. Stand together against hatred & fear! watch (5/19/20)
- These Hands by Dave Gunning. What shall I do with these hands of mine? watch (5/18/20)
Week of May 11:
- What I Am from Will.i.am. Remembering Muppets founder Jim Henson who died 30 years ago. We'll keep getting stronger! Sesame Street rocks! watch (5/17/20)
- I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. As long as we know how to love, we will survive! watch (5/16/20)
- Give Light by Magpie. Based on words of Ella Baker. Stand together & people will find the way watch (5/15/20)
- Two Hands Hold the Earth by Sarah Pirtle. Si se puede. The young will lead! watch (5/14/20)
- I Cannot Sleep by Malvina Reynolds, sung by Jon Fromer & Francisco Herrera. Too many hungry & homeless. watch (5/13/20)
- I Need You to Suvive Amherst Area Gospel Choir at a 2017 interfaith climate gathering. I need you. You need me. watch (5/12/20)
- Rainbow Connection from the great, tender Willie Nelson (and Sesame Street). Have you been half asleep? Have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. watch (5/11/20)
Week of May 4:
- Country Road by Paula Fuga and Jack Johnson. We pray for light in times of darkness. watch (5/10/20)
- Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley & Peter Tosh, from Playing for Change. Now you see the light: stand up for your rights. watch (5/9/20)
- Rise Up by Andra Day for Ahmaud Arbery. I'll rise unafraid & do it a thousand times again. watch (5/8/20)
- Here Is My Home by Si Kahn (choral arr. by Peter & Mary Alice Amidon) Come darkness, come light! watch (5/7/20)
- Something Inside So Strong - by Labi Siffre. The more you refuse to hear my voice, the louder I will sing. watch (5/6/20)
- Ye Banks & Braes - by Robert Burns, sung by Madelaine Cave. Reminds us why earth is worth fighting for. watch (5/5/20)
- We Shall Be Known - by Karen Longaker of MaMuse, sung by Thrive Choir. In this great turning we shall learn to lead in love! watch (5/4//20)
Week of April 27-May 3:
- The Water Is Wide - Pete Seeger at Sanders Theater in 1980. How can we carry each other over? watch (5/3/20 - Pete's 100th birthday)
- Hal-An-Tow (Helston Furry) - Summer is a-coming in & winter's gone away-o. watch (5/2/20)
- Which Side Are You On? - Working folk don't have a chance unless we organize. watch 5/1/20)
- Step by Step - Seeger's labor anthem, sung by Annie Patterson & Charlie King. By union what we will can be accomplished still. Singly none! watch (4/30/20)
- There Is Power in a Union - by Billy Bragg. In times like these we need our unions more than ever. watch (4/29/20)
- Roll On Woody - by Reggie Harris. You gave us hope by singing your song. watch (4/28/20)
- Sing People Sing - by Emma's Revolution. Together we create a force beyond imagining. watch (4/27/20)
Week of April 20-26:
- I Am Willing - by Holly Near. To be hopeless dishonors those who go before us. watch (4/26/20)
- Bring Me a Boat - by Kate Rusby & Phil Cunningham. May we all learn how to ebb & flow gently in these rough waters. watch (4/25/20)
- One Foot / Lead with Love - by Melanie DeMore. Here I am right next to you... watch (4/24/20)
- Stand By Me - We won't be afraid. watch (royal wedding) watch (Playing for Change) (4/23/20)
- The Tide Is Rising - We will rise! Written by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman & Yotam Schacter. Recording by Annie Patterson. watch (4/22/20 - Earth Day)
- Blue Boat Home - by Peter Mayer. For Earth Day. Will humanity realize in time that we are holding the future of this precious planet in our hands? watch (girls choir) watch (Mayer) (4/21/20)
- Bird by Bird - by Joe Crookston (inspired by Anne Lamott's book). How we gonna it make when trouble comes through? watch (4/20/20)
Week of April 13:
- The Storm Is Passing Over - by Charles Albert Tindley. Take courage my soul and let us journey on... watch (4/19/20)
- Hatred Has No Place - by David Heitler-Klevans of Two of a Kind. No hate, no fear - anywhere. watch (4/18/20)
- Gonna Get Through This World - by Woody Guthrie (w) & Lisa Gutkin (m). We're gonna clean up this world - and we think we can... watch (4/17/20)
- Ready for the Storm - by Dougie MacLean. With you by my side, I should have realized I had no reason to be frightened... watch (4/16/20)
- Healing River - from Pete Seeger's "I Can See a New Day" album. There are so many deep changes needed in this land beyond conquering a virus. "O seed of freedom, awake & flourish..." watch (4/15/20)
- You'll Never Walk Alone - recorded at home by Marcus Mumford for War Child -"working towards a world where no child's life is torn apart by war". watch (4/14/20)
- L'chi Lach by Debbie Friedman & Savina Teubal. We are all traveling together right now "to a place we do not know." watch (4/13/20)
Week of April 8:
- Master of the Sheepfold - recorded by Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen. That the poor & disenfranchised may be safely gathered in. watch (4/12/20)
- Julian of Norwich - by Sydney Carter, off recording by Bok, Muir & Trickett. "All shall be well again..." watch (4/11/20)
- Trouble in This World - by Bob Franke. Bob never stops reminding us that "It's gonna be allright..." watch (4/10/20)
- We Will Build This House - Sally Rogers' song about love & justice. watch (4/9/20)
- Angel from Montgomery - We just lost a giant (John Prine) to COVID-19. watch (4/8/20)