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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Alphabetical list of songs

The songs (by dagte of posting):

• Petites Boites - French translation by Graeme Allright of "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds. And now we have little boxes on our screens! listen to rec by Kate & Anna McGarrigle (orig. English is in RUS "America" pg 2 - 4/15/21)
• Circle of the Sun by Sally Rogers. For our grandson born today. Hear tender cover by Elizabeth Mitchell (in RUS "Home" p.107 - 4/14/21)

Week of April 5-11:

• I Dreamed I Saw Anne Feeney by David Rovics. Written for singer songwriter, activist & attorney Anne Feenry who died Feb. 3rd of COVID-19.  watch (4/10/21)
• Hatred, We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down. Adap of gospel classic by Shirley Caesar. Sung by Yara Allen during a Moral Monday in March 2016.  watch (4/9/21)
• El Martillo by Victor Jara (Spanish take on "If I Had a Hammer") Warn about the danger that we must unite to defend peace. orig Jara rec 2019 collective rec in support of the Chilian people (4/7/21)
• If I Had a Hammer by Lee Hays & Pete Seeger.. All over this land... live rec by the Blind Boys of Alabama (on p.215 in RUS "Struggle" - 4/6/21) 
• Love Is Come Again like wheat that springeth green. Now the green blade riseth... cover by Steve Winwood. (on pg 118 in "Hope" chapter of RUS - 4/5/21)

Week of March 29-April 4:

• Sweet Thames Flow Softly by musical giant Ewan MacColl. This is one of many great covers of this tender lovesong. This cover is by Rufus & Martha Wainwright off the "Joy of Living" tribute CD. (p.155 in the "Love" chapter of RA - 4/3/21)
• I Live Not Where I Love - sung by Mary Black. A haunting trad. English love song. listen (on pg. 4 in RA "Ballads & Old Songs" - 4/2/21)
• A Song of Peace (Finlandia) Hear our song, God of all the nations, a song of peace, for their land & for mine... rec by the choir of St John the Divine cathedral (in RUS "Peace" p.163 - 3/29/21)
• Oseh Shalom (trad. Israeli) May the One who makes peace in the high places make peace over us & over all of humanity. rec by Nefesh Mountain (in RUS "Peace" p.163 - 3/29/21)

Week of Mar. 22-28:

• Father & Son by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. There are not a lot of songs about father-son relationships, much less a tender one... watch (in RA p.63 - 3/28/21)
• Captain Kidd (hymn) - Through all the world below God is seen all around. Search hills & valleys through, there he's found. rec by Kelly Kennedy. live "shape note" sing (in RUS p.251 - 3/26/21)

Week of Mar. 15-21:

• Right Here by Sam Turton. Sam performed his beautiful anthem at our concert with 5 Canadian folksingers last night. recording by Gathering Sparks (in RA p.138 - 3/21/21)
• Down by the Salley Gardens - the William Butler Yeats 1889 poem. 1973 recording by Clannad. 2019 recording by Dervish featuring Kate Rusby. (St Patrick's Day 2021)
• All Nations Rise by Lyla June. Celebrating Deb Haaland's confirmation yesterday as the first Indigenous Secretary of the Interior in the U.S. watch (3/16/21)
• I Can't Breathe by H.E.R.  2021 Grammy for Song of the Year. She asks "Will anyone fight for me?" - watch (3/15/21)

Week of Mar. 8-14:

• Gathering Storm by James Keelaghan. Trust in love & do no harm. listen (3/13/21)
• What's That I Hear by Phil Ochs. We hear that sound of freedom more & more! cover by Annie Patterson. orig rec by Ochs (3/11/21)
• Old Tin Cup by Eve Goldberg. Hold on to what you've got. listen (3/8/21)

Week of Mar. 1-7:

• How Beautiful Upon the Mountain by Tom Paxton - his rec. For the first time in 56 years - a bloody Sunday without John Lewis. John Lewis presente! cover by Charlie King & Karen Brandow. (3/7/21)
• Beeswing by Richard Thompson. She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing. tender cover by Roy Bailey (3/4/21)
• Tiree Love Song as sung by Irish-Canadian, Eileen McGann. Will you come away, my love, to be my own, my rare one? listen (3/3/21)
• You Noble Diggers All as sung by Windborne. "The gentry must come down and the poor shall wear the crown." listen (3/1/21)

Week of Feb. 22-28:

• Everything Possible by Fred Small. As sung by Rainbow Harmony Project in Winnepeg. watch (2/28/21)
• Auld Lang Syne - sung by a group of Black singers in a Birmingham AL church where white deacons once refused to seat African Americans. watch (2/26/21)
• I Don't Mind Failing in This World by Malvina Reynolds - a terrific anthem about not letting the world define you or your success! listen (2/25/21)
• Leave Her Johnny "The voyage is done & the wind don't blow..." Rec by La Nef (dir. by Seán Dagher - check out his Shanty of the Week series.) Rec by The Longest Johns.  (2/23/21) 
• People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield. There's change a-coming... cover by Aaron Neville & The Blind Boys of Alabama. cover by Eva Cassidy. (2/22/21)

Week of Feb. 15-21:

• Sow in Tears, Reap in Joy by Debbie Friedman. Friedman's trimphant anthem drawn from Psalm 126. orig rec by Friedman - cover by SoulFarm & Sari Greenberg. (2/20/21)
• I Am a Wanderer by Steve Earle. Eye on the star above some distant shore... - for all those forced to leaave their homes. cover by Joan Baez (2/18/21)
• Schedar by Peter Fischman. The stars still guide the way. watch (2/17/21)
• Love Minus Zero / No Limit by Bob Dylan - his great tender love song, a day late for Valentine's Day. cover by Eliza Gilkyson (2/14/21)

Week of Feb. 8-14:

• Everyday by Buddy Holly - one of those we lost way too early. Love like yours will surely come my way... cover by Fiona Apple (2/12/21) 
• Seasons of Love from Rent. Honoring victims of March 2016 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando - and all those we've lost to COVID. watch (2/11/21)
• Floy Joy by Smokey Robinson. Sung by Mary Wilson (Mar. 6,1944-Feb. 8, 2021), a founding member of the Supremes. watch (2/9/21)

Week of Feb. 1-7:

• Another Train by Pete Morton. The beginning is now & will always be... watch (2/6/21)
• Have You Been to Jail for Justice? by Anne Feeney (7/1/51-2/3/21).  "We have wonderful free speech rights in this country as long as we exercise those rights ineffectively." watch (2/5/21)
• For Real by Bob Franke. There's too much darkness in an endless night to be afraid of the way we feel. live rec by Bob - cover by Lui Collins (2/4/21)
• Safe in the Harbor by Eric Bogle. For the dreamers we've lost. rec by Bogle - cover by David Coffin (2/3/21)
• So We Resolve by Ruth Pelham. And so we resolve, where as it be Love shall prevail in our communities (celebrating Biden's cancellation of the Muslim travel ban)  watch (2/2/21)

Week of Jan. 26-31:

• Our Power by Rena Branson.  We will not underestimate our power any longer - we know together, we are strong. watch (1/31/21)
• Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson. Not about blame but about taking responsibility to be the change the world needs. live conc rec by Lea Gilmore. (1/29/21)
• Look to the People by Ruth Pelham. We're gonna look to the people justice in the hard times coming ahead... watch (1/28/21)
• Love Call Me Home by Peggy Seeger. Remembering 400,000 lost in U.S. - 2 million around the world. as rec by Peggy - watch video by Guilford (VT) Community Church Choir  (1/26/21)

Week of Jan. 18-25:

• Nobody's Stopping You Now by Lake Street Dive. For Kamala. watch (1/24/21)
• Be the Light by LEA. Shine your light in the darkness! watch (1/23/21)
• 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)