Daily Song of Hope

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Alphabetical list of songs

The songs (by date of posting):

• The Scientist - a tender love song from Coldplay. watch rec by Kina Grannis & Tyler Ward - orig 2002 Coldplay video - in RA "Millenial Songs" p176 (1/26/22)
• Lessons of the Heart by Batya Levine Hey: you're doing OK. It's gonna take time... listen (1/24/22)

Jan. 19-26:

• I Will Bow & Be Simple 1847 Shaker song, written for use in their communal sacred dancing. a cappella rec by The Nields - listen to rec by Enfield Shaker Singers - in RUS "Faith" p43 (1/23/22)
• She Persisted by John Flynn - with a shout out to Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Elizabeth Warren, and Chelsea Clinton. listen (1/20/22)
• Bells of Rhymney w: Idris Davies, m: Pete Seeger. Is there hope for the future? live rec by Piedmont E. Bay Children's Choir - live 2015 recby Pete in Australia - in RA "Rich & Poor" p222 (1/18/22)

Jan. 12-16:

• Some Have Fathers Gone to Glory. On the other bright shore. listen to rec by Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt - in RA "Gospel" p116 (1/16/22)
• Hard Love by Bob Franke. The love that heals our lives is mostly hard love...  1983 rec by Claudia Schmidt - live rec by Martin Simpson - in RUS "Love" p124 (1/13/22)
• May I Suggest by Susan Werner. Inside you know what's yours to set right. a cappella rec by Red Molly - Werner live with cellist Julia Biber - in RA "Hope" p137 (1/10/22)

Jan. 3-9, 2022:

• Shelter from the Storm - one of many Dylan songs that only grow deeper over the years...  rec by Claire Anne Taylor - rec by Sachal Jazz Ensemble - in RA "Hope" p138 (1/8/22)
• Since You Asked by Judy Collins - orig rec from her 1967 "Wildflowers" album. In RUS "Love" p.127 (1/5/22)
• Windows of the Heart by Reggie Harris. "We feel this desperation to turn this world around" listen (1/3/22)

Dec. 26-Jan. 2:

• Not Even a Wounded World - another tender healing song from the Tom Prasada-Rao  listen (New Years Day 2022)
• Somerset Wassail - a rowdy song to help you bring in the new year! listen to rec by Nowell Sing We Clear - in RUS "Good Times" p90 (12/31/21)
• They Can't Take That Away from Me by George & Ira Gershwin. The way you changed my life... listen to 1959 rec by Ella & Louis. watch orig from 1937 "Shall We Dance" flick. In RA "Jazz & Swing" p146 (12/29/21)
• All Around My Hat I will wear my green willow... A lively love song for the holiday week listen to classic 1975 rec by Steeleye Span. In RA "Ballads & Old Songs" p.2 (12/28/21)

Dec 19-26:

• The Cutty Wren is an English traditional song associated with very old British "wrening" customs around St Stephen's Day (Dec. 26). listen to recording by Nowell Sing We Clear. in RA "Ballads & Old Songs" p10 (12/26/21) 
• Douglas Mountain Snows are falling on Douglas Mtn, putting the bears to sleep. listen to rec by Raffi. in RUS  "Lullabies" p132 (12/22/21)
• Who Will Sing Me Lullabies by Kate Rusby There's one thing I ask when the stars light the sky... watch in RA "Lullabies" p163 (12/21/21)
• John O'Dreams by Bill Caddick. Home is the rover. His journey over. Yield up the nighttime to old John O'Dreams... rec by Bok, Muir & Trickett rec by Jean Redpath in RUS "Lullabies" p131 (12/20/21)

Dec. 13-19:

• Can't Help Falling in Love with You - watch Arlo Guthrie sing at Wolf Trap & tell a Pete Seeger story. a cappella cover by Pentatonix in RA "Rock Around the Clock" p231 (12/18/21)
• Here Is My Home by Si Kahn.  Come darkness! Come light! Where are we bound? watch video by Portland (OR) Lesbian Choir (12/17/21)
• Days of War by Moira Smiley & Seamus Egan. I sing to know that love is near because anger holds the hand of fear... watch video featuring Sam Amidon (12/16/21)
• Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right by Blind Willie Johnson. All of us down here are strangers... orig 1930 rec - adap by Moira Smiley, sung by Tonality. (12/14/21)

Dec. 6-12:

• Crossing the Water by Bill Staines (1949-2021). When the welling waves wash o'er you & the stormy winds they drive, give your heart a song, sing it loud & long, keep your dreams alive. watch Bill sing - cover by Sally Rogers in "Hope" chapter of RA p154 (12/9/21)
• People Like You by Si Kahn ...help all of us go on. Listen to cover by Charlie King In RUS "Friendship" p.67 (12/6/21)
• Our Life Is More Than Our Work by Charlie King. See all there is to just being alive listen (orig. 1978 rec) In RUS "Work" p.257 (12/6/21)

Nov. 29-Dec. 5:

• Holy Now by Peter Mayer. On finding miracles in many places. watch video - cover by Faith Rivera. in RA "Faith" p54 (12/2/21)
• I Will Stand Fast by Fred Small. Nightmare & fear, they have no power here. listen in RA "Healing" p121 (12/1/21)
• Rockin' in a Weary Land by Lorraine Lee Hammond. May love guide each & every hand. cover by Priscilla Herdman. In RA "Earthcare" p.49 (11/30/31)

Nov. 22-28:

• No One Is Alone for Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021). Hard to see the light now, just don't let it go orig Broadway rec (11/27/21)
• Mother Earth by Joanne Shenandoah & Walela. Respect the earth & her giving ways or trade away our children's days. listen (11/23/21)
• The Peacemaker Is Born by Joanne Shenandoah (1958-2021). We have lost a world-renowned Oneida singer, composer & human rights/peace activist. listen (11/23/21)
• Tumbleweed by Bill Miller. His songs can heal your wounded heart - he can set you spirit free... listen (11/22/21)

Nov. 15-21:

• Look Again to the Wind by Peter La Farge. By Mohican singer songwriter & Native American flute player Bill Miller. listen (11/19/21)
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Neil Young. What if your world should fall apart? cover by Gwyneth Herbert. orig 1970 rec (11/17/21)
• After the Gold Rush by Neil Young. rec in 1970 a few weeks before the first Earth Day. Keeping alive the dream that we are all traveling to a new world in the sun... cover by Parton, Ronstadt & Harris. a capella cover by Prelude. (11/15/21)

Nov. 8-14:

• Heart of Gold by Neil Young. I want to give. I want to live. orig rec released by Young in 1972. cover by Johnny Cash. (11/13/21)
• Be Free by J.Cole. Written for Eric Garner (killed by NYC police in 2014). live on Letterman Show YouTube won't let us play the hard truth video on our site due to age restrictions. (11/12/21)
• Give Us Justice by Thee Sacred Souls. Written in June 2020 for George Floyd. Profits go to the Movement for Black Lives & other groups working for Black freedom & rights. For the Ahmaud Arbery & Kyle Rittenhouse trials. listen (11/11/21)
• Not Fade Away by Buddy Holly. A love for real - not fade away. orig 1957 Crickets rec 1964 TV live rec by Rolling Stones. In RA "Rock Around the Clock" p233 (11/10/21)

Nov. 1-7:

• Glory Bound by Ruth Moody of the wonderful Wailin' Jennys. Longing for a better home... listen in RA "Gospel & Spirituals" p112 (11/7/21)
• Jock O'Hazeldean. A Child Ballad (#293) with a happy ending: Rich man tries to force woman in love with someone else to marry his son, but she runs way with her own true love. rec by Dick Gaughan rec by Priscilla Herdman In RUS "Ballads" p11 (11/5/21)
• We're in the Same Boat, Brother by Yip Harburg & Earl Robinson. For the Glasgow Climate Summit: Wake up world! rec by Robinson a cappella rec by Lead Belly (11/3/21)
• Love Is All Around by Ruth Pelham. May the road we travel be paved with peace. listen in RA "Peace" p.205 (11/2/21)

Oct. 25-31:

• Love Chooses You by Laurie Lewis. Your heart has to folow when love takes your hand. orig rec cover by Kathy Mattea. In RA "Love" p.154 (10/29/21)
• Quiet Hills by Claudia Schmidt. There is darkness in these hills, but I am not afraid. rec with Sally Rogers live rec by Laurie Lewis. in RUS "Hope" p.137 (10/28/21)
• Lovely Agnes by Sally Rogers. We once visited Sally's grandmother's orchard near Lake Michigan. The trees were heavy laden with cherries. listen in RUS "Love" p.126 (10/27/21)
• Darling Annie, a great feminist love song by Peggy Seeger! listen to rec with Ewan MacColl. (10/25/21)

Oct 18-24:

• From the Lambing to the Wool by Judy Small. One more unusual love song - this one about 2 sheep growers in Australia. orig rec by Small (10/22/21)
• Red Rocking Chair as rec by Annie Patterson. Another "odd love song" Annie is performing with Charlie King. listen in RA "Old-Timey & Bluegrass" p. 189 (10/21/21)
• The Dutchman by Michael Peter Smith. A tender love song about two older lovers. watch live rec by Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy. in RUS "Time & Changes" p.233 (10/20/21)
• Walk Proud My Son by Don Grooms (1930-98) about his childhood growing up in the Native community in Cherokee NC. watch in RA "Freedom" p.81 (10/18/21)

Oct 4-17:

• ​Song for Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women - a moving song & video about a painful reality. It is hopeful that many are lifting up this great harm & the many women lost. watch (10/15/21)
• Blackbird in Mi'kmaq sung by Emma Stevens She made the recording for the International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019) and the high school she attended in Eskasoni nation, Cape Breton. watch  For Indigenous People Day  (10/11/21)
• Somewhere to Begin by the late T.R.Ritchie  Because we live in hope, even when the world calls us fools to do so. listen to rec by Sara Thomsen in RA "Hope & Strength" p.139  (10/9/21)
• Dance for the Nations by John Krumm - a lovely round that is a paien both to dance & to peace. (John called the contradance at our wedding in 1983!) listen in RA "Good Times" p.103 (10/8/21)
• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers orig 1971 rec Stevie Wonders sang him the song at Withers' 2015 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction watch  in RA "Motown and R&B" p.172 (10/5/21)

Sept 27-Oct 3:

• I Have a Million Nightingales by cantor Linda Hirschhorn. A great round about the yearning for freedom based on the writings of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. listen in RA "Freedom" p.78 (10/2/21)
• Golden Apples of the Sun as rec by Judy Collins. A setting of W.B.Yeats' poem "The Song of the Wandering Aengus" listen (9/30/21)
• Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. watch Emilia Jones sing this heartwarmingly as she signs it in the new film "CODA". Joni live in 2000  in RUS "Dreams & Fantasies" p.27 (9/29/21)
• One World by Michael Stern. One day we all will be free. watch conc rec in RA "Peace" p.205 (9/28/21)

Sept 13-26:

• A la puerto diel cielo (At the Gate of Heaven). Collected by the WPA Federal Music Project in New Mexico during the 1930's. listen in RUS "Lullabies" p.131 (9/26/21)
• If I Had Half an Acre by Paul Kaplan. A tender love song Peter got to hear at the 1st "Mt Toby Concert" in 18 months... listen (9/24/21)
• After the Fire by Paul Kaplan. This song was written on the first anniversary of 9/11, but also has other new meanings today. listen (new rec with Leverett Community Chorus)  (9/20/21)
• Testimony by Ferron. By my hands be I whole. live rec by Ferron. rec by Sweet Honey in the Rock on p.250 in "Women" chapter of RA (9/18/21)
• Bonnie Light Horseman An Irish antiwar song dating to the Napoleanic wars. 2011 a cappella rec by Annie Patterson We learned the song from a 1979 rec Dolores Keane & John Faulkner. in RA "Peace" p.198 (9/17/21)
• You Ain't Done Nothin' If You Ain't Been Called a Red Yesterday was Faith Petric's birthday. She was born in 1915 - 106 years ago. Please support kickstarter campaign for the new film "Singing for Justice". Hear Faith's rec. In RA "Struggle" p. 252 (9/14/21)

Sept. 6-12:

• Amazing Grace sung by Aretha Franklin. Remembering those who died 20 years ago - and all the years since... watch - in RUS "Gospel" p.92 (9/11/21)
• Willie of Winsbury as sung by Pentangle. An unusual Child Ballad with a "happy ending"! Pentangle live rec - a tender variant of the ballad by Kate Rusby in RUS "Ballads & Old Songs" p15 (9/10/21)
• Shenandoah by Anais Mitchell. (In a 2019 MS Magazine interview, Mitchell said she was "very inspired" when she was younger by Rise Up Singing). watch In RA "Outdoors" p.195 (9/9/21)
• Build Me Up Buttercup rec by The Foundations (the 1st UK group to successfully utilize the Motown sound). orig 1968 hit  live conc video  in RA "British Invasion" p.18 (9/8/21)

August 30-Sept 5:

• Freedom by Ranky Tanky. This Grammy-winning SC band is rooted in Gullah music and culture. watch video live rec (9/3/21)
• Freedom by Jon Batiste. We're overdue for a little more prancing... watch (9/1/21)
• Smile by Valerie June. We were blown away by Valerie's beautiful presence & energy at Green River Festival! watch (8/30/21)

August 23-29:

• I Could Have Danced All Night by Lerner & Loewe. watch film clip with Audrey Heburn (sung by Marni Nixon). orig Broadway rec by Julie Andrews. In RUS "Creativity" p.94 (8/27/21)
• Hello Young Lovers by Rodgers & Hammerstein. I am turning 75 today and this is the song that came up for me. It always makes me cry when Annie sings it... listen to rec by Julie Andrews. watch from "King & I" 1956 film. in RA "Musicals" p180 (8/26/21)
• Peace Round by Jean Ritchie (1922-2015). O what a goodly thing if the children of all earth could dwell together in peace. listen / watch Ritchie at Revels. (in RUS "Sacred Rounds & Chants" p.195 - 8/23/21)

August 9-22:

• Paradise by John Prine. Are we turning the whole planet into a strip mine? watch in RUS "Mountain Voices" p.149 (8/22/21)
• Speed of the Sound of Loneliness by John Prine (1946-2020). Live rec by Prine in 2018. Video with Nanci Griffith. In RA "Love" p.155 (8/21/21)
• It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go by Nanci Griffith. If we poison our children with hatred, then a hard life is all that they'll know. watch (in RA "Rich & Poor" p224 - 8/19/21)
• Trouble in the Fields by Nanci Griffith. Another powerful song rooted in her childhood in rural Texas. watch (in RA "Farm & Prairie" p.74 - 8/17/21)
• Love at the Five & Dime by Nanci Griffith (1953-2021). Honoring one of our best singer songwriters who died Friday at age 68. watch (in RA "Love" p.153 - 8/16/21)
• The Witch of the Westmorland by Archie Fisher. Sometimes we find healing from unexpected places... listen (8/10/21)

July 26-August 8:

• Arthur McBride - a wonderful song of 2 Irish lads who won't take duff from 3 arrogant English soldiers. live by Planxty 2004 - short film with rec by Paul Brady. (in RUS "Ballads & Old Songs" p7 - 8/6/21) 
• Ballad of the Carpenter by Ewan MacColl. A radical spin on Jesus' life. orig 1960 rec with Peggy Seeger. by socialist carolers (!) (in RA "Work" p282 - 8/5/21)
• Old Friends by Simon & Garfunkel. From a 2003 Old Friends Live on Stage tour. watch (in RUS "Time & Changes" p226 - 8/2/21)
• I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King. All over...  From "Tapestry" album. (in RA "Surfing USA" p262 - 8/2/21)
• Jolene by Dolly Parton. orig 1973 rec - cover by The Petersens family bluegrass band. (in RA "Country" p23 - 7/29/21)
• To Be Young, Gifted & Black by Nina Simone. She first performed it at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The performance is part of the new film Summer of Soul. watch (7/29/21)

July 19-25:

• A Case of You by Joni Mitchell.  You're in my blood like holy wine. 1ive in 1983 London - orig 1971"Blue" rec- 2019 cover by Brandi Carlile (in RA "Love" p.148 - 7/24/21)
• The Irish Ballad Why are so many traditional ballads gory? Here are mathematician Tom Lehrer's pointed reflections on this question: watch - cover by Irish opera singer Naomi O'Connell. (In RUS "Funny Songs" p.73 - 7/22/21)
• Buckets of Rain by Bob Dylan.  Buckets of moonbeams in my hand. orig rec by Dylan cover by Jeff Foucault & Kris Delmhorst (in RA "Love" p.148 - 7/20/21)
• Violets of Dawn by Eric Andersen. You can lift my wings softly to flight. orig rec by Anderson. cover by Mary Chapin Carpenter (in RUS "Dreams & Fantasies" p.33 - 7/19/21)

July 12-18:

• Gathering of Spirits by Carrie Newcomer. We'll take up where we left off when we all meet again. watch (in RA "Friendship & Community" p.84 7/18/21)
• How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You) by Holland-Dozier-Holland. orig rec by Marvin Gaye - gospel version by Helen Baylor (in RA "Motown and R&B" p. 174 - 7/16/21)
• The Rose - in RUS "Hope" p.118. rec by PS22 Chorus on Staten Island. rec with harp by Susan Mashiyama. (7/15/21)
• Two Good Arms by Charlie King.  End state killings. rec with Karen Brandow - cover by Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert (in RUS "Struggle" p.219 - 7/13/21)

July 5-July11:

• Underneath the Stars by Kate Rusby. With images from the Hubble Deep Space Telescope: watch - live rec (in RA "Outdoors" p.196 - 7/10/21)
• In the Jailhouse Now by Jimmie Rodgers. I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards & shootin' dice. watch cover by Johnny Cash & Merle Haggard. (in RA "Blues" p.11 - 7/8/21)
• Women Be Wise by Sippie Wallace (1898-1986) whose career stretched from touring in her teens to recording a Grammy-winning album with Bonnie Raitt in 1983. watch (in RA "Blues" p.13 - 7/7/21)

June 28-July 4:

• I Am a Patriot by Steve Van Zandt. We can't turn out back this time. rec by The Burns Sisters. (in RA "Home" p.128 - 7/4/21)
• Focus & Fire by Niyonu Spann & The Nuyoni Singers. Speak it now & bring it through. listen (7/3/21)
• Fishin' Blues as rec by Taj Mahal. Bought that time... listen - cover by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (in RA "Blues" p.10 - 7/1/21)
• No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley & the Wailers. A song of hope & healing for those who have lost loved ones to violence. Black lives matter. watch - cover by Marley's granddaughter Mystic. (6/30/21)
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. Sweet songs of melodies pure & true. listen - "songs around the world" cover from Playing for Change project. (in RA "Hope" p.139 - 6/29/21)
• Windmills by Alan Bell. Ships of the land with their high canvas sails. listen to rec by Makem & Clancy. (in RA "Farm" p.75 - 6/28/21)

June 21-27:

• Rivers of Babylon by The Melodians. How can we sing King Alfa's song in a strange land? listen (in RUS  "Freedom" p.63 - 6/27/21)
• Thirsty Boots by Eric Andersen. Tell me of the ones you saw as far as you could see, across the plain from field to town a-marchin' to be free. cover by Doug Geeting. orig Andersen rec. (in RUS "Travelin' p236 - 6/26/21)
• Swimming to the Other Side, by Pat Humphries. Loving spirits will live forever. cover by Dan Heidt, orig rec by Pat Humphries. (in RA "Faith" p.60 - 6/24/21)

June 14-20:

• His Eye Is on the Sparrow, sung by Gladys Knight at Kennedy Center annual "Let Freedom Ring" celebration of MLK's legacy watch (6/20/21)
• No More Auction Block, sung by Odetta. For Juneteenth. Many thousands gone. watch - a different cover (by Paul Robeson). (in RUS "Freedom" p.62 - 6/19/21)
• Put Your Roots Down, sung by Thrive Choir. Are you listening? watch (6/18/21) 
• Hard Traveling by Woody Guthrie. Haven't we been doing some hard traveling this last year? these last 4 years? 400 years? 2020 cover by Todd Snider (in RUS "Travelin'" p233 - 6/14/21)

June 7-13:

• Tomorrow Is a Long Time by Bob Dylan. Only if she were lying by me, and I in my bed once again... orig 1963 live rec (in RUS "Time & Changes" p228 - 6/12/21)
• Sailing Down My Golden River by Pete Seeger. And I was never alone... listen (in RUS "Traveling" chapter p235 - 6/11/21)
• I Don't Know, But LOL! by Sweet Honey in the Rock. I know I can raise my voice & sing about love & let freedom reign (rain) watch (6/8/21)

Ma31-June 6:

• Still Small Voice, by Bob Franke. The light of heaven is a simple gift: you can see it when you make that choice. It will shine like riches in your inmost heart. listen (in RA "Faith" p60 - 6/4/21)
• The Seeds of War w: John Woolman, m: Paulette Meier. Where are the seeds of war, justice & climate catastrophe in our own way of life? listen (in RA "Peace" p207 - 6/2/21)
• Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison. It's been a long cold lonely winter... listen (in RUS "Outdoors" p153 - 6/1/21)
• Keep Your Eyes on the Prize as sung by Mavis Staples. Honoring today's centennial of the Race Massacre in Tulsa OK. watch (in RUS "Freedom" p60 - 5/31/21)

May 24-30:

• Lord, Bliow the Moon Out, Please (trad. lullaby). RIP Eric Carle (1929-2021) whose many wonderful children's books include Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. listen to rec by Rosemary Phelan (in RUS "Lullabies" p134 - 5/28/21)
• One Day from Life Vest Inside. Since random acts of kindness are infectious... watch (5/27/21)
• Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens. Remembering the brutal murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 - and all those who have lost their lives due to racism. Say their names. watch (5/25/21)
• Times They Are a Changin' by Bob Dylan,  Happy 80th birthday to our Nobel Laureate poet! listen to rec by Keb' Mo' on his 2004 album "Peace: Back by Popular Demand".(in RUS "Struggle" p219 - 5/24/210

May 17-23:

• Turn, Turn, Turn (children's verses) written by Toshi Seeger for her family. watch video by Elizabeth Mitchell & Dan Zanes (5/22/21)
• What's Going On by Marvin Gaye - celebrating today's 50th anniversary of this ground-breaking album. watch (5/21/21)
• Cold Cup of Water by Pat Humphries. Emma's Revolution sang this powerful anthem for farmworkers at our Sat. Repairing the Breach concert. watch (5/20/21)
• Jerusalem by Steve Earle - a song of peace for a "way out of no way" - for the innocents dying in Palestine & Israel. watch (in RA "Peace" p203 - 5/19/21)
• Pastures of Plenty by Woody Guthrie sung by Dave Van Ronk. Migrants are still “putting the fruit on our table” as they did when Guthrie wrote the song in 1941.watch (in RUS "Farm" p55 - 5/18/21)
• Let It Be sung by Carol Woods & Timothy Mitchum from the film "Across the Universe" that features Beatles' songs nestled in plot lines relating to the pain & world changes of the 1960's. watch (in RUS "Hope" p117 - 5/17/21)

May 3-9:

• Keep On Moving Forward performed by Emma's Revolution and Melanie DeMore incl new Spanish lyrics "Sigamos Adalante” watch (aka Never Turning Back - in Struggle chap of RUS p.216) 5/9/21 
• May the Road Rise to Meet You sung by Emmet Cahill (of Celtic Thunder) - a lovely setting of the traditional Irish blessing watch (5/7/21)
• Donde Voy (“Where I Go”) by Tish Hinojosa For Cinco de Mayo: a love song written for refugees crossing the desert. watch (5/6/21)
• God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday. watch live rec with Count Basie. Andra Day was nominated for an Oscar for actress in a leading role in "The US vs. Billie Holiday". listen to Day's performance in film (5/4/21)

April 26-May2:

• Parting Ways by Cody ChestnuTT. watch ChestnuTT Oscar Week: "Soul" - winner of best animated film. watch the film clip (4/30/21)
• Speak Now by Leslie Odom Jr. Oscar Week: "One Night in Miami" - where Odom plays Sam Cooke. watch (4/29/21)
• Hear My Voice by Celeste .Oscar Week: 'Trial of the Chicago 7".  watch (4/28/21)
• Prove It On  Me Blues by Ma Rainey. Oscar Week: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" cover by Bessie Smith - orig rec by Ma Rainey. (4/27/21)

April 19-25:

• Pass It Along by Scott Cook. A new video produced by Cook and Bob Bossin for Earth Day (joined by Peggy Seeger & many others). watch (4/24/21)
• Shine by Munit & Z Lovebugs. Don't you know - we're stardust? watch (4/23/21)
• Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens. The whole world is wondering, what's wrong with the United States? listen (4/22/21)
• Needed Time - trad. gospel. Now is certainly a needed time...  watch cover by bluesman Eric Bibb (in RUS "Gospel" p. 94 - 4/21/21)
• Holy Ground by Betsy Rose. May our hearts be open & all our fears released. And may we stand for justice wherever suffering's found. watch (4/19/21)

April 12-18:

• I Don't Feel No Ways Tired - a wonderful recent cover of the James Cleveland classic by the sibling band Infinity Song and Peter Collins. listen (On p. 114 in the "Gospel & Spirituals" chapter of RA - 4/18/21)
• The Anti-Garden Song - Eric Kilburn's parody of Dave Mallett's classic. Sadly this song describes our gardening attempt last summer... live rec by Annie Patterson & Peter Blood (in RUS p.52 - 4/17/21)
• 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, 2021:

• 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)