Deep into my pregnancy, I dreamt this song in its entirety. I spent the next day making this recording, and then went into labor that night at 3am, 24 hours after it came. Two days later my daughter was born.

You can support us by buying this track and others on my bandcamp:
https://katiesontag.bandcamp.com/track/share-the-journey-from-calliope

Share the Journey (From Calliope)

This song came through while preparing for a weekend grief retreat and feeling around for just the right song to begin our time together. None of the songs I already knew quite captured the sense of calling in and coming together that I was longing for, and so this song was born.

It is intended as a "zipper" song. In the recording I use words like "hope, courage, tears, our fears...", but the intention is for those singing to "zip in" the words that are true for them, whether joyful or heavy: What are you arriving with? What is with you that we can invite into the center?

lyrics:
we gather with *hope*...
in the presence of all who hold us
we gather with *hope* in the presence of love

we are not alone here, we are not alone

...courage, tears, our fears...

song + lyrics + vocals: Joanna Laws Landis

Gather / We Are Not Alone

I Belong

Lyrics:
I'm saying no to this in the name of a larger yes
I'm letting go of this in the name of a larger yes
Embracing everything that makes me feel alive
Embracing everything that sets my soul on fire

Love me so much more, I love me so much more

A Larger Yes

This call to faithful action is based on a quotation by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and speaks back to the shallow 'thoughts and prayers' and inaction of American politicians in face of ongoing mass shootings and gun violence. It is intended to be used in faith-based protests and marches, or as a sending song in churches and synagogues.

Sheet music is available for free on my website: http://www.paulvasile.com/products/pray-with-our-feet

It's not enough to offer thoughts and prayers.
It's not enough to say that we care. 
It's not enough to hope that things will change. 
We've got to pray with our feet,
pray with our feet, pray with our feet 
and get out, out on the street.

Music: Paul M. Vasile, LovedIntoBeing Music ©2018

Pray With Our Feet

This beautiful chant from Nigeria is sung in the Yoruba language. A favorite to sing with my Shruti box layering in harmonies as we go. 

Arrangement by Heather Houston
To learn the individual parts to this song, please visit my Public Song Library:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

This song is in the public domain.

Meaning: 
God's good work will never be destroyed. I like to think of it as the Creator's beautiful work lives on for eternity.

Lyrics:

Ise oluwa
Kole baje oh
Ise oluwa
Kole baje oh
Kole baje oh
Kole baje oh
Ise oluwa
Kole baje oh

Ise Oluwa - All Parts - Key of B flat

Origin: a person named Molly (we aren't sure of Molly's last name!), taught it on the first night of the Let My People Sing! 2019 retreat. Molly learned it at Urban Adamah, we're not sure where it originally came from - please comment if you know! This recording is from a Let My People Sing teach-back gathering in DC, in Sept 2019

Words:
I step into the flow
And then I let it go
I open my mind, my heart and my soul (x2)

I surrender, I surrender
I surrender, I open my mind, my heart and my soul

LMPS Teach Back

Step Into the Flow

Original song by Maggie Wheeler, arrangement by Lisa G. Littlebird.

Get It Right by Maggie Wheeler - All Parts

The ethereal voices of Yala Lati meet the colorful voice of Heather Houston for a rainbow of sonic delight! Calling you home to the sacred circle of sisterhood, this album is a symphony for the innermost tendrils of the heart. 

We are sisters of the moon 
And daughters of the sun
We are mothers of the world
Our voices they are one
We are lovers of the earth 
and guardians of the land
We are weavers of the dream 
Together we are standing

For parts to these songs, please visit Heather's public song library at:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

11 - Divine Mystery

A tribute to our beautiful Mother Earth. This one flowed through on a warm Spring day with the energy of gratitude in my heart! Sung in a round. 

Lyrics:
Oh Mama Gaia
Oh Mama Gaia
Oh Mama Gaia
We sing our praise to you!

Heather Houston's Album

Mama Gaia - Heather Houston

to hear more community songs by ahlay, visit: https://www.alexandrablakely.com/songlibrary

Pray With Our Feet

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