Songtuary
The Vision and Practice of Contemplayful Singing
Wonderground
Charlottesville, Virginia:
The Wonderground is a cultural test kitchen dedicated to wondering well using convivial contemplayful practices.
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We propagate uplifting songs that generate communal wonder, rapport, and resilience.
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We embrace opportunities to collaborate with other cultural activists: actors, dancers, and visual artists.
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We sing at rallies, demonstrations, and vigils.
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We wonder together and plan for upcoming gatherings.
SPARK SONGS
Rise Up by Marcia Harris
All Are Welcome Lea Morris
Be Whatcha Gonna Be MaMuse
I'm On My Way Mavis Staples, a classic call-and-response freedom song,
Let the Way be Open Abbi Spinner
We Will Sing (call and response song by Maggie Wheeler)
We Are the Rising Sun Ravyn Stanfield
We Rise Batya Levine
CONTEMPLATIVE
For Her Speak MaMuse
You and I by Laurence Cole/Winona Laduke
Belong Mo Washburn
One By One Michael Stillwater
Jacob's Ladder Pete Seeger
Oh River MaMuse
We Let It Be (This is the chorus of a longer piece.)
Put Your Roots Down Molly Hartwell
This May Be the Last Time Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Keep On Moving Forward Pat Humphries
We Shall Overcome
ANTHEMS
Step by Step Pete Seeger/Sweet Honey
"Ode To Joy" Billy Bragg
"Brilliant Mycelium" by Beautiful Chorus.
Look to the People by Ruth Pelham
Turning of the World by Ruth Pelham
"This Land Is Your Land." (A bluesy version by Little Feat)