dye my hair the color of mud

Surprise

Paul Simon

have mercy on my soul

Back to Basics: Disc 2
Christina Aguilera

who i am and where i come from

Who I Am and Where I Come From

(a mix cd by me)

she don't even know my name - ultimate fakebook

big yellow taxi - counting crows

digee dime - burlap to cashmere

jesusland - ben folds

gracie - ben folds

prison food - ben folds

really something - aaron sprinkle

speed of sound - coldplay

high speed train - r.e.m.

my best friend - weezer

everybody hurts - r.e.m.

smells like teen spirit - tori amos

let's get it on - marvin gaye

eileen's song - burlap to cashmere

landslide - smashing pumpkins

stop your crying - spiritualized

porcelina of the vast oceans - smashing pumpkins

martha - tom waits

orange

Orange

(a mix cd by me)

tiny dancer (live) - ben folds

down to the river to pray - alison krauss

twenty-four - switchfoot

dare you to move - switchfoot

100 years - five for fighting

in other words - ben kweller

2000 places - the polyphonic spree

500 miles - the proclaimers

hellagood - no doubt

don't let go - weezer

heart shaped box - nirvana

just like heaven - charlotte martin

goodnight l.a. - counting crows

whiskey lullaby - brad paisley & alison krauss

fallen - sarah mclachlan

northern lad - tori amos

hallelujah - kd lang

ez - pete yorn

don't count the times you've been left alone

Resonate - Disc 1

Wheaton College Kodon

2001-2002

At the Bottom of the Sea - Grady Parker

Living by the Water - Mark Williams

Movie Dragons - Breakfast of Champions

She's In My Mind - Zach Meyer

Congealed Cheese - Holly Rhea

June Canoe - Mode Revo

The Agony - Trevorside

I Can't Remember #37 - Night

my baby don't love me when i wear my sweatpants

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Big Bad Nate & the Luvbuckets

ride a painted pony

Greatest Hits

Blood, Sweat & Tears

you get what you want but not what you need

X&Y

Coldplay

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

lenten voices

As stated in my previous post, this week's mix cd consists of choral pieces that are sacred and/or liturgical. Ranging from the 1400's to recent pieces, these songs are powerful ways for voices to express the longing that is so present in Lent.

deep river (spiritual) - chanticleer

cantate domino (lang) - 1999 indiana all-state women's choir

missa mater patris: credo (josquin des prez) - chanticleer

if ye love me (tallis) - chanticleer

the beatitudes (part) - king's college choir, cambridge

the lord is my shepherd (rutter) - king's college choir, cambridge

missa pro defunctis a 5: kyrie (palestrina) - chanticleer

o magnum mysterium (de victoria) - chanticleer

wondrous love (american folk) - chanticleer

psalm 150 (rutter) - king's college choir, cambridge

o clap your hands (gibbons) - chanticleer

what sweeter music (rutter) - king's college choir, cambridge

missa mater patris: kyrie (josquin des prez) - chanticleer

missa mater patris: gloria (josquin des prez) - chanticleer

we shall walk through the valley in peace (spiritual) - chanticleer

goin' up a-yonder (hawkins) - white river youth choir

(lenten pause)

In all the excitement this weekend, I forgot to make a new mix cd. So today I am listening to John Rutter's Requiem as performed by the King's College Choir. This is in preparation for the mix cd that will have all choral music, which will be posted tomorrow.

lenten darlings

While there are many artists who have songs with Lenten attitudes, no one understands such things better than Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler. Somehow they embody everything that I associate with Lent - redemption, confession, mortality, knowledge of spirit, grace, mercy, and awareness of sin. So here is this week's mix cd: the darlings of Lent, Over the Rhine.

changes come

all i need is everything

circle of quiet

happy to be so

everyman's daughter

gentle wounds

Jesus in new orleans

fairpoint diary

poughkeepsie

long lost brother

moth

what i'll remember most

if nothing else

latter days

idea #21 (not too late)

lookin' forward

lenten gospel

This week's mix cd consists of songs by contemporary Christian musicians that focus on brokenness or healing. Normally I see CCM artists as being less than stellar, but these are some of the exceptions to the rule.

creed - rich mullins

our great savior - artisan band

this world - caedmon's call

like a child - jars of clay

gomer's theme - third day

live and die - proxemics

in the light - dc talk

whatever - steven curtis chapman

one of these days - ffh

mansions - burlap to cashmere

where you belong/turn your eyes upon jesus - newsboys

refine me - jennifer knapp

broken roads - april geesbreght

deep enough to dream - chris rice

every season - nichole nordeman

his eye is on the sparrow - sister act ii soundtrack

come, thou fount - claire holley

he won't let you go - the kry

lenten rock

This week's mix cd consists of tunes that rock. While many would deem a good number of these bands inappropriate for anything focused on Lent, I have learned - and am learning - from these songs, and not least during a holy season. They are songs of action that both follow and lead to contemplation; both are essential to repentance. And besides, in the words of the immortal Christian band Petra, "God gave rock and roll to you."

free to decide - the cranberries

pachelbel's canon - big bad nate & the luvbuckets

comfortably numb - pink floyd

believe in what you want - jimmy eat world

embers and envelopes - mae

shimmer - fuel

love, salvation, the fear of death - sixpence none the richer

give me some truth - john lennon

amazing grace - ani difranco

everybody down - matthew

come as you are - nirvana

modern day prayer - twothirtyeight

kyrie - mr. mister

i still haven't found what i'm looking for - u2

fake plastic trees - radiohead

given to fly - pearl jam

salvation - the cranberries

lenten reflection

I am making CD's for each week of Lent (at least that is the current plan...) to listen to on my drives, which is the primary place I have my music. This week's theme is "Reflection."

simple gifts - brandon jones

only god knows why - kid rock

the sea and the mirror - music by me, words by w.h. auden

wise up - aimee mann

full of grace - sarah mclachlan

acoustic #3 - goo goo dolls

october - evanescence

why does my heart feel so bad - moby

hurt - johnny cash

every grain of sand - bob dylan

patriarch - steve thorngate

how can i keep from singing - enya