Snow Shanties #1: We'll Be Alright!

Good Trouble, with our punny friend Karen Martinson, rewrote some classic sea shanties* for our landlocked Mni'sota winters. They were shared at the Art Shanty Projects festival during the Subzero Singalong this winter 2023 and were a hit!

Central Mni'sota is about to receive a foot or more of snow this week.  So, we thought it's a good time to release these for use beyond the Art Shanty festival.  Enjoy!

Four shanties were re-worked.  Here's the first!

* Shanties are work songs so a group, say on a ship, could work in time together. A leader would spool out the first line and everyone would echo it back.
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We'll Be Alright

Chorus

Let it snow…..as the blizzard rages on!

Let it snow…..as the blizzard rages on!

Let it snow…..as the blizzard rages on!

As the blizzard rages on!!

Verse 1

We’ll be all right if gather round and sing 

We’ll be all right if gather round and sing 

We’ll be all right if gather round and sing 
As the blizzard rages on!!     Chorus

Verse 2

Feb 12: Grief Sing at *Re(center)ed Community Healing Shanty

Re(center)ed burning with artist Jayson Randall,
Liz Digitale Anderson (playing the drum),
and others singing and bearing witness. 
Photo credit:  Catherine Reid Day

Last weekend (Feb 4), GOOD TROUBLE added guest appearances to the *re(center)ed* community healing shanty installation before and after our Subzero Singalong sets at Art Shanty Projects.  

We were so intrigued after encountering it the first weekend (Jan 21) that we asked the artist, Jayson Randall, and their team if we could add a sound dimension to their beautiful installation. To share what might happen, Conie shared part of Ahlay Blakely's "We Are Not Alone" song and they immediately said yes, how would you like to collaborate?

We were deeply moved by the community drawn together and the sounds we made that we decided to plan a few more times for this Sunday, February 12.  

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What:  Community Grief Song Circle @ re(center)ed community healing shanty.  Part of Art Shanty Projects 2023 Festival.

When:  Sunday, February 12, 1 & 3 p.m.

Feb 3: Space for Grief: A Song Circle for Asian + Mixed Bodies

Gather in community to give voice to all the feels about how our communities, our families, and ourselves are hurting.

Place: Springboard for the Arts, 262 University Ave W, St. Paul
Date: Friday, February 3, 2023
Time: 7-8:30 pm

fb event:  https://fb.me/e/3shAxL0wP

While this is prompted by the violent events in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, there is no shortage of personal and collective grief that needs a place to be held and processed. Bring yourself and whatever you are carrying. When we come together, we can carry more together. In singing together, we can see, hear, and feel our community, and tap into what's on our soul and add it to a sound tapestry container we hold together.

Our space will be held by mixed Asian song leaders, Liz Digitale Anderson and Conie Borchardt (GOOD TROUBLE). They will guide us in

Setlist from the Dec 30 Songs for the Turning of the Year @ Yess Yoga

Here are the songs we sang at Songs for the Turning of the Year at Yess Yoga on Friday night, December 30, 2022:

1. You are in the right place (Martha Burford)
2. Welcome to the Table (chaos) (clb)
3. Put Your Roots Down (Molly Hartwell)
4. the neuroplasticity song (Ahlay Blakely)
5. Comfort* (Heather Wilson)