Float by Birgit Rathsmann, written in parallel with Marie Lorenz: Flow Pool. Read by Lorelei Ramirez,

Float

Wonder Room presents the Front Porch Soundscape, a selection of music and sounds curated by musicologist Matthew D. Morrison.  The arrangement forms a distinct soundscape connecting life and land within the rural Black South -- from spirituals to gospel, to the blues, to rock and roll, to string band music, to marching bands, to contemporary jazz and improvisation.  The Front Porch Soundscape will be played on Wonder Room's "front porch" during Recess's public hours (Tuesday-Saturday, 12-6pm; Thursday, 2-8pm).Track list below 

	00:00:00	•	Rev. Otis Johnson, Beulah A.M.E Church, Farmville, VA, Recorded by Matthew D. Morrison, June 2016. 

	00:01:00	•	“Babylon is Falling, Rev. Gary Davis, At Home and Church (disc 1), 1962-1967 (2011)

	00:07:35	•	“Sinnerman,” Nina Simone, Pastel Blues (1965)

	00:17:46	•	“City Called Heaven,” Courtney Bryan, Quest for Freedom (2006)

	00:23:37	•	“Wade in the Water,” Courtney Bryan, This Little Light of Mine (2010)

	00:31:07	•	“Go Down Moses,” Courtney Bryan, This Little Light of Mine (2010)

	00:37:26	•	“Take Me to the Water,” Nina Simone, High Priestess of Soul (1967) 

	00:40:14	•	“I Told Jesus,” Roberta Flack, The First Take (1969)

	00:46:11	•	“O’ Woman,” Imani Uzuri, Gypsy Diaries (2012)

	00:48:00	•	“Wild is the Wind,” Nina Simone, Wild is the Wind (1966)

	00:54:54	•	“Come Ye,” Nina Simone, High Priestess of Soul (1967)

	00:58:23	•	“I Sing the Blues,” Imani Uzuri, Gypsy Diaries (2012)

	01:03:02	•	“Work Song, Nina Simone, Forbidden Fruit, (1961)

	01:06:06	•	“Today I Sing the Blues,” Aretha Franklin, The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha Sings the Blues (1998)

	01:10:25	•	“Idlewild Blue (Don’tchu Worry ‘Bout Me),” Outkast, Idlewild (2006)

	01:13:49	•	“Brown Skin Girl,” Leon Bridges, Coming Home (2016)

	01:17:10	•	“Hound Dog (Take 2)” Big Mama Thornton, Big Mama Thornton in Europe (2005)

	01:20:17	•	“Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?,” Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leaving Eden (2012)

	01:23:59	•	“Read ‘Em John,” Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leaving Eden (2012)

	01:25:49	•	“Snowden’s Jig [Genuine Negro Jig],” Carolina Chocolate Drops, Genuine Negro Jig (2010)

	01:29:35	•	“Gathering,” Imani Uzuri, Gypsy Diaries (2012)

	01:33:27	•	“You Ain’t Alone,” Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls (2012)

	01:38:07	•	“Heavy Chevy,” Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls (2012)

	01:40:28	•	“Morris Brown,” Outkast, Idlewild (2006)