Setlist from Mar 6 Song Circle for Change

Here are the songs we sang at the Song Circle for Change: Healing & Liberation at CTUL on Monday night, March 6, 2023:

1. I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
2. Do You Wanna Be Ready? (Poor People’s Campaign)
3. Stone by stone (Taya Ma)
4. Stay soft (Samantha Rise)
5. Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone)
6. Yet, We are Not alone (Alexandra Blakely)
7. Every step toward joy (words: Andre Henry; music: Liz Digitale Anderson) 

Here's a couple of other songs we mentioned during our time together:

• What would we do without our shovels? (and here's an overview of the Snow Shanty series)
• Go Lay Down (Tiktok: @who_she_naje) - this is the 5 minute compilation; here's the 20-minute version

Thank you to the crew who sang with us last night!  The right people were there, tenderness and support were shared.  Community was tended.  This is part of the dream Liz and Conie are working towards!  

Big gratitude to CTUL for hosting us!  

We'll be back on April 3, 2023, the first Monday of the month through June for sure.  We'll evaluate after that and figure out next steps.  Let us know if you have opinions!  

Keep singing and stay warm, hydrated, and creative!

Love, Liz and Conie, a.k.a. Good Trouble

Songs from the Subzero Singalong at Art Shanty Projects

It's seems appropo to release the list of songs we sang at the Subzero Singalong (Saturdays, January 21 & February 4) at Art Shanty Projects on the day Mni'sota is digging out from a deep snowfall!  

You need good SNO SHANTIES* to sing while you shovel, don't you?

Here's a list of the Shanties we adapted with some of our favorite verses. Go to the link to see all of our verses and to let us know if more verses found you while on snow duty! 

• We'll be Alright (as the Blizzard Rages On!)
• ... if the house is snug & warm
• ... if the pipes don't freeze & burst!
• Well, a snow day off of school wouldn't do us any harm ...
• Way Hey! Scrape and Shovel! (riffing off of Drunken Sailor)
• What would we do without our shovels?
• Is it Day 1 of a snow emergency? Is it Day 2 ... Is it Day 3?!?
• Are the wipers frozen to the windshield?
• Heya Ice!  Heya Snow!
• When I was a child my mama told me / There’s No bad weather, just bad clothing ...
• Old man Blizzard ain’t scaring no one / We lived through Halloween 1991!
• Away! Haulaway!
• The city says the flakes must be gone one day after snowfall / Away, Haulaway, we’ll haul away snow / Push it heave it shove it chip it, just be done before nightfall / Away, Haulaway, we’ll haul away snow
• When you shovel please make sure you bend your knees to save your back / Away, Haulaway ... / Please don’t lick the flagpole if you wanna keep your tongue intact / Away, Haulaway...

* 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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Here's other songs we sang

Mar 6, Apr 3, May 1, Jun 5, *Jul 3*: A Song Circle for Change: Healing & Liberation

When:  First Mondays, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, July 3

Time:  7-8:30 p.m.

Location:  CTUL, 3715 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis (map)

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We are thrilled to partner with CTUL (Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha) to offer this new song circle series. Anchored for BIPOC and Mixed Race bodies, we will sing for courage in the struggle and our collective work of healing and liberation together.

Starting March 6th, we will gather

Mar 10: Songs for Tending Our Hearts

Songs for Tending Our Hearts

Date: Friday, March 10, 2023
Time: 7:30-9 pm

Location:  Yess Yoga, 105 E 26th St, Minneapolis (map)
Sliding Scale: $5-$20
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