this gaudy apartment complex

Give Up

The Postal Service

you can't go home again

Straylight Run

Straylight Run

i don't feel the same

Hopes and Fears

Keane

pain, sunny days, and rain

Rockin the Suburbs

Ben Folds

move up a little higher

All Men Are Brothers: A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield

Gladys Knight

Steve Winwood

Repercussions & Curtis Mayfield

Lenny Kravitz

Whitney Houston

Bruce Springsteen

Eric Clapton

The Isley Brothers

Branford Marsalis and The Impressions

Tevin Campbell

Aretha Franklin

B.B. King

Rod Stewart

Narada Michael Walden

Phil Collins

Stevie Wonder

Elton John and Sounds of Blackness

hunger hurts

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King
That He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight
And He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring
There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind is Your Might
So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand
And Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights
And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land
And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right
Fiona Apple

some cities heal

Some Cities
Doves

sing-along sax solos

K is for Killer

The H-Men

...

Takk

Sigur Ros

the worm-girl of hanoi

Hoist

Phish

rebels of the sacred heart

Drunken Lullabies

Flogging Molly

in love with a four-eyed girl

The Instigator

Rhett Miller

chanticleer

Last night, Ryan and I went to hear Chanticleer in concert at a church just down the road from us. They are the best at what they do, and I thought I would post the songlist for those of you (i.e. my immediate family) who would care. Plus a picture of Eric Alatorre, because he's just that cool. (Dad - I asked him how his range was, and he said it's getting bigger all the time... So maybe now he can sing way off the bottom of the keyboard.)

Domini est terra a 6 - de Monte

Surge, propera - Palestrina

Descendi in hortum meum - ibid.

Jubilate Deo omnis terra a 12 - ibid.

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Le Chant des oyseaux - Janequin

Quel augellin che canta - Monteverdi

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Wild Grass - Chen Yi

Spring Dreams - ibid.

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Calme des nuits - Saint-Saens

Les Fleurs et les arbres - ibid.

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Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Mahler

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A Boy and a Girl - Eric Whitacre

Past Life Melodies - Sarah Hopkins

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The Bluebird - Charles Villiers Stanford

Dulaman - Michael McGlynn

O Waly, Waly - trad. English, arr. John Rutter

La Vasija de Barro - Valencia, arr. Javier Zentner

El Guayaboso - Guido Lopez-Gavilan

Shenandoah - trad. American, arr. Bartholomew & Erb

Nelly Bly - Foster, arr. Halloran

Keep Your Hand On That Plow - trad. spiritual, arr. Jennings

Byker Hill - trad. English, arr. Mitchell Sandler

staring at a maple leaf

Chariot
Gavin DeGraw

hallelujah

Handel's Messiah

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

lenten hymns

The mix cd for Holy Week contains hymns - songs that have lasted throughout the years as representative of the Christian faith. The majority are performed by Fernando Ortega, whose hymn arrangements are beautiful and creative. I have also included several Irish hymns from Michael Card's album Starkindler and a new arrangement of "Come, Thou Fount" by Sara Groves.

rock of ages - ortega

come, ye sinners poor and needy - ortega (with amy grant)

all creatures of our god and king - ortega

let all things now living - card

i will sing of my redeemer - ortega

morning has broken - card

let all mortal flesh keep silence - ortega

immortal, invisible - ortega

be thou my vision - card

more love to thee - ortega

what wondrous love is this - ortega

the king of love my shepherd is - card

how firm a foundation - ortega

jesus, lover of my soul - card

o thou, in whose presence - ortega

nothing but the blood - ortega

jesus paid it all - ortega

o sacred head now wounded - ortega

hear me calling, great redeemer - ortega

come, thou fount of every blessing - groves

lenten miscellany

This week's CD doesn't really have a theme, other than one of "songs I thought would make a good CD for Lent." It's an interesting mix of old and new, & secular and sacred. I inadvertently included Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand" on this mix as well as the first week's; but it's Bob Dylan, and a great song, so I have forgiven myself this mistake.

blackbird (beatles cover) - sarah mclachlan

anybody out there - burlap to cashmere

blessed - simon and garfunkel

coming back to life - pink floyd

kneel before him - chris thile

bird on a wire - leonard cohen

life uncommon - jewel

in my time of need - ryan adams

don't say goodbye - third day

every grain of sand - bob dylan

god made me - the sundays

have you forgotten - red house painters

o love that will not let me go - artisan band

nightswimming - r.e.m.

prayer of st. francis - sarah mclachlan

carry you - amy grant