June 2: Goodbye, goodbye… “Kwaheri” A traditional farewell song in Swahili from Kenya, sung by Libana. Congratulations to our wonderful friend and colleague Barbara Maisonpierre on her retirement. You will be missed, but I know we’ll meet again. xoxo LYRICS APPLE MUSIC
Category Archives: General Music
Song of the Day: June 1, 2022
June 1: It doesn’t matter what they say… “Our Lips Are Sealed” by The Go-Gos. Happy Birthday to Colleen Cooney, Ellen Hardy, Sarah Kochanski, Laura Curley Pendergast & Lesli Shapiro! xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 31, 2022
May 31: Another morning feels like yesterday… “End of May” written by Timothy Seely and sung here by Michael Bublé. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 30, 2022
May 30: Cut down through no fault of their own… “Livin’ For The Ones” by Bonnie Raitt (beware of the one kinda bad word at 1:20) Happy Birthday to Susan Terry Patrick. xo Happy Anniversary to Greg & Dana. xo Missing Betsy Morris Rosen and thinking about all of our soldiers who we are remembering today (thank you for your service); YOU ARE THE ONES WE ARE LIVIN’ FOR… LYRICS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 29, 2022
May 29: The world has gone mad today… “Anything Goes” by Cole Porter. Happy Birthday to Billy Finnegan, Kim Grayson, Candi Innaco, Anne Rydfors, Fred Rubin, Sharman Propp & Sheila McGrath Wulf! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 28, 2022
May 28: These are my people… “Broken” by Lovelytheband. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 27, 2022
May 27: I’ve got to keep on moving…“Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 26, 2022
May 26: The power of love and the power of healing… “All About Soul” by Billy Joel. Happy Birthday to Carey Leonard (thanks for the song suggestion), Mannasses Ogutu and Amy Murtagh! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
Song of the Day: May 25, 2022
May 25: The seeds I plant are the seeds of love… “Gonna Plant Me A Garden” an echo song by Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt. Happy Birthday to Estelle Mackenzie! xoxo You can find the words & chords to this song on page 206 in the Peace chapter of Rise Again songbook. See www.riseupandsing.org/songbooks/rise-again
Song of the Day: May 24, 2022
May 24: Hold your head up… “Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This” by Eurythmics (written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart). Happy birthday to Danielle Burke & Karen Frawley. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC