COMING HOME - Rachelle Woodard

This land is sacred
The earth the rivers an the sea
This land is sacred
And so are we

Return, return, return
To the heart of the mother
Return, return, return
To the mystery

My heart is beating
Beating like a drum
My heart is singing
The sacred song

Grow your roots
Into the center of the earth
Grow your roots
Into the mystery

This land is breathing
Breathing through your lungs
This land is singing
An ancient song

Return, return, return
To the heart of the mother
Return, return, return
To the mystery
To the mystery
To the mystery

© ANA HATA 2022
Published on Ana Hata's Album Motherland

Composition & Lyrics: Ana Hata
Framedrum & Vocals: Ana Hata
Percussion: Aquario
Recording, Mix & Maser: Aquario
Photo: Tatyana Kronbichler

Purchase and download full album:
www.ana-hata.bandcamp.com/album/motherland

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04 - This land is sacred

Featuring: Tony Moss, Diana Carr, Daniel Pritchett, Dylan James Byrne, Sam Babayan, and Kyan Wnuck. With guests: Sunny Solwind, David Bergeaud, and Gaspar Rengifo. Recorded and mixed by Michael Mowgli.

Lucid Luv

From The Stars

Banu Choshech Legaresh (We've Come to Chase Away the Darkness)

Night Vision is a single track from the unreleased High Spirits Flutes first Native Flute album "High Spirits Flute Ensemble." The album was a collaboration between Odell Borg, Mark Hunton, and Gerald Sinclair.
www.HighSpirits.com
The Native Flute is one of the easiest instruments to learn to play, no previous musical experience is necessary. The rich heartfelt melodies of the Native Flute speak to many of us in a way that no other music does. It touches our soul and takes us home. At High Spirits our mission is to connect people to these beautiful instruments and to give you all the support we can to help you on your musical journey. To learn more about the Native Flute go to:
https://highspirits.com/pages/great-flutes-for-first-time-players

High Spirits

High Spirits Flute Ensemble - Night Vision

This is one of the simplest and most satisfying layer songs I've ever found. It can be taught to a group of novice singers and sound beautiful within minutes. The arrangement inspired by Sara Thomsen deviates quite a bit from the original song by Sophia Songhealer of Hidden Waters Sound, who gave her blessing for the song's use in this way.

Original song by Sophia Songhealer - http://heartwindmusic.com. Arrangement inspired by Sara Thomsen - https://echoesofpeace.org/track/804931/contemplation-chant. Used with permission.

For lyrics and details, please visit: http://thebirdsings.com/contemplation-chant/

Contemplation Chant

Adapted 2016 from Chance the Rapper’s ‘Blessings’, by Momentum Trainers from Black Lives Matter, Movimiento Cosecha, IfNotNow, and more!

LYRICS: 
We're gonna rise up, rise up till it's won.
When the people rise up, the powers come down.
They tried to stop us, but we keep coming back.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Rise Up

Artist: Karisha Longaker of MaMuse (low harmony added later by Thrive Choir)

Sung at a (mini) song circle on December 11, 2018 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the Earth

It is time now
It is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now
And what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

We Shall Be Known (MaMuse, low harmony by Thrive Choir)

Sanctuary

This is a teaching recording for a four-part (advanced level) round about the birthday of the trees, the holiday of Tu B'Shevat.

This song has four parts to honor the four levels of fruit and their symbolism present at the seder.

Written in 2018, at the Round House bath tub Tu B'Shevat seder. 

Lyrics
Part I:
The birthday of the trees, of the life that fills our needs
No matter where we are, we are breathing
The birthday of the trees, of the life that fills our needs
No matter where we are, the branches swinging

Part II:

We are hard, we are soft.
Our cores are strong, our hearts aloft

Part III:

Oh the land, what a gift!
community, we fight for this
With roots in ground, and hearts in sky
the seasons turn, we try and try

Part IV:
There is something we don't know
We use this to feed our souls

Aly Halpert's Album

Tu B'Shevat Song(Teaching Recording)

3/22/20 
Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back, Becky Havivi

Simcha Nigun/Yifrach B'yamov (Chabad? Vizhnitz?)

A Queer Nigun Project