Be A Pain by Alastair Moock country, upbeat, tempo kindred to New Grass Revival/John Denver tempos. About standing up to what's wrong, Rosa Parks, Harvey Milk, be a pain shout about it and complain, equal pay--Billy Jean King, Parkland, “Don't be polite, raise your voice and do what's right.” Second Place in the ISC song competition for best children’s song.
#WeSayThankYou by
Leslie Mandoki & Ian Anderson Gentle piano starts this
soft rock band (with flute) duet with male voices. Giving respect to the people—from the
hospitals to the grocery store workers that are helping people fighting the
Coronavirus. There is also a jab to corrupt speculators that are using this
time to make money off of this serious health problem.
We
Know What To Do by Sharon Katz & the Children of Bellas Artes English and Spanish. Grownup and children’s
voices. Unison rapping in Spanish. It’s
about washing your hands.The tempo is similar to the Human League’s “Don’t You
Want Me.”
Hamba Kahle Mandela (Go Well Mandela)
by Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda: Piano and acoustic and electric guitar, the
right amount of harmonious electric instruments give “Go Down Mandela” a
comforting blend with two gentle female voices in English and Zulu. Stirring ballad to say “goodbye” to Nelson
Mandela, whose birthday is July 18. The
song is a challenge to carry his lessons forward. (pronounced HAM-BA-KAH-LE MANDELA)
(H=soft sound).
Let There By New Flowering
sung by Cornelius Eady Poem by Lucille Clifton, a respected African-American poet from Western NY. Dreamy-sounding male and vocal with a
guitar, cello.Last line: “Let Love be at
the end”
