Playlists for your Practice: So Solid

Laura Mvula – She
Trampled By Turtles – Alone
The Head And The Heart – Down In The Valley
Mumford & Sons – Ghosts That We Knew
Grateful Dead – Stella Blue
The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett – Long Time Gone
Nina Simone – I Shall Be Released
The Wilderness of Manitoba – Orono Park
The Vibrations – Run For Your Lives
Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air
Amos Lee – Windows Are Rolled Down
ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) – Spectrum
Syl Johnson – Take Me to the River
The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
Solomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free
Bhi Bhiman – Guttersnipe
Sharon Van Etten – One Day
The Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
Missy Higgins – Everyone's Waiting
Milo Greene – Silent Way
Michael Kiwanuka – Rest
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
Michael Kiwanuka – Lasan
Laura Marling – Rambling Man
JJ Grey & Mofro – King Hummingbird
James Carr – The Dark End Of The Street
The Holmes Brothers – Love Train
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Let It Be
Eric Bibb & Habib Koité – Send Us Brighter Days
Levon Helm – Wide River to Cross

Ben Harper – Feel Love

Playlists for your practice: Summer '13

Laura Mvula – She
AG – I Wanna Be Your Man
Emeli Sandé & Naughty Boy – Wonder
Youngblood Hawke – Stars (Hold On)
Laura Mvula – That's Alright
The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
Kool & The Gang – Life Is What You Make It
Chrisette Michele – Good Girl
Orgone – I Get Lifted
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra feat. Nino Moschella – Kiss the Sky
Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul
Rebecca Ferguson – Glitter & Gold
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra – Bollywood
Estelle – Wonderful Life
Miriam Makeba – For What It's Worth
Jazmine Sullivan – Fear

Alice Smith – Be Easy

Playlists For Your Practice: This one's for the birds

Songs about Birds....for bird poses:​

k.d. lang – Bird on a Wire
Sara Bareilles – Bluebird
JJ Grey & Mofro – King Hummingbird
Passenger – Flight Of The Crow (feat. Josh Pyke, Lior, Katie Noonan, Boy & Bear and Jess Chalker)
Blind Pilot – The Eagle and the Hawk
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
Corinne Bailey Rae – Little Wing
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
Nelly Furtado – I'm Like A Bird
Seal – Fly Like an Eagle
Billy Preston – Blackbird
Taj Mahal – Mockingbird
Joe Cocker – Bye Bye Blackbird
Sia – Electric Bird
Grateful Dead – Bird Song (Live)
Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch – I'll Fly Away

The Weepies – Little Bird

Playlists For Your Practice: It's all about the numbers

Soweto Gospel Choir – One
Ryan Adams – Two
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
Roy Budd – Love Is a Four Letter Word
Robert Crenshaw – Five Oclock World
Toots & The Maytals – Six and Seven Books of Moses
Prince & The New Power Generation – 7
Billy Preston – Eight Days a Week (Re-Recorded)
The Temptations – Cloud Nine - Album Version (Stereo)

The Avett Brothers – Ten Thousand Words

Playlists For Your Practice: Folkin' Awesome

A bad name for a folkin' awesome mix....​

k.d. lang – Helpless
The Head And The Heart – Rivers And Roads
Mumford & Sons – Ghosts That We Knew
Laura Marling – Rambling Man
The Lumineers – Flowers in Your Hair
Michael Franti – Anybody Seen My Mind
Milo Greene – Autumn Tree
Mumford & Sons – Lovers' Eyes
Trampled By Turtles – Midnight on the Interstate
Bhi Bhiman – Guttersnipe
Playing For Change – Biko
Bruce Springsteen – Rocky Ground
Passenger – Flight Of The Crow (feat. Josh Pyke, Lior, Katie Noonan, Boy & Bear and Jess Chalker)
JJ Grey & Mofro – The Sun Is Shining Down
Missy Higgins – Everyone's Waiting
Gregory Alan Isakov – Dandelion Wine
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song
Playing For Change – Gimme Shelter
The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
David Wax Museum – Wait for Me
Langhorne Slim – Sunday By The Sea
Michael Kiwanuka – I Won't Lie
Peter Gabriel – Don't Give Up
Dala – Ohio

Greg Laswell – This Woman's Work

Playlists For Your Practice: Girls Rule

Adele – One And Only
Asa – So Beautiful
Corinne Bailey Rae – Little Wing
Estelle – Wonderful Life
Angie Stone – That Kind of Love (feat. Betty Wright)
Alicia Keys – Superwoman
Aretha Franklin – Good Times
Chrisette Michele – Good Girl
Des'ree – You Gotta Be
Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – Sweet Inspiration
Natalie Cole – Be Thankful
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Feeling Alright
India.Arie – There's Hope
Jazmine Sullivan – Fear
Jill Scott – One Is The Magic #
TLC – Waterfalls
Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
Lissie – Little Lovin'
Macy Gray featuring Erykah Badu – Sweet Baby (Featuring Erykah Badu)
Mary J. Blige – No More Drama
Nina Simone – I Shall Be Released
Sade – By Your Side
The Staple Singers – For What It's Worth
Mavis Staples – Step into the Light
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
Zap Mama – Drifting - feat. G Love

Girls Rule and so does this playlist. These ladies can sing. ​

Playlists for your pratice: Soul Good

​60 minutes of soulful music....can you dig it? 

Nina Simone – I Shall Be Released
Soul Children – Signed, Sealed And Delivered
David Ruffin – Put a Little Love In Your Heart
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra feat. Nino Moschella – Kiss the Sky
Mavis Staples – Step into the Light
Jimmy Ruffin & David Ruffin – Stand By Me (Brothers Mix)
Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – Got to Get You Into My Life
Eric Bibb, Maria Muldaur & Rory Block – Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Let It Be
Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – I Second That Emotion (Alternate Mix)
Solomon Burke – Change Is Gonna Come
The Sensational Nightingales – My Brothers And Sisters
Remy Shand – The Colour Of Day
The Delfonics – Delfonics Theme (How Could You) - Digitally Remastered 1997
Al Green – Take Me To The River

Bill Withers – Lovely Day

Playlists for your practice: Sunshine

In honor of the first day of spring….here is a playlist all about sunshine.
Shine on.

Grateful Dead – Here Comes Sunshine
The Low Anthem – Keep On The Sunny Side
Richie Havens – Here Comes The Sun
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Sun Is Shining
The Beatles – Good Day Sunshine
JJ Grey & Mofro – The Sun Is Shining Down
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Single Version)
Donovan – Sunshine Superman
5Th Dimension – Sunshine of Your Love
Stevie Wonder – Sunny
Osibisa – Sunshine Day
The O’Jays – Sunshine
Akon & Wyclef Jean – Sunny Day
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound Of Sunshine
World Party – Sunshine
Sufjan Stevens – A Sun Came
El Perro Del Mar – Into The sunshine
Joseph Arthur – In the Sun
Elton John – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me
Bruce Springsteen – Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
Fleet Foxes – Sun It Rises
Local Natives – Sun Hands
Keane – Sunshine
Aqualung – Brighter Than Sunshine

Playlists for your practice: Jah Yoga

Jah Yoga is Updated

Playlists for your practice: Under Cover 1

We’re going under the covers with this mix. 18 tracks, 1 hour. Soulful goodness from stevie wonder, al green, solomon burke and percy sledge….Hot damn!

Corinne Bailey Rae – Is This Love
Playing For Change – Biko
India.Arie – The Heart Of The Matter
Bobby Womack – California Dreamin’
Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Can See Clearly Now
Chambers Brothers – People Get Ready
Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out
Laura Lee – What A Man - Remastered Single Version
The Staple Singers – The Weight
Amy Winehouse – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - 2011
Bill Withers – Everybody’s Talkin’
Aretha Franklin – Let It Be
Nina Simone – O-O-h Child - 1994 Remastered
Solomon Burke – Change Is Gonna Come
Percy Sledge – The Dark End Of The Street
Al Green – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – Sweet Inspiration
Playing For Change – Stand by Me

Playlists for your practice: A throwback

Here’s an old throwback…revisiting the days of yore with this one. Reminds me of high school, hanging out in my friend’s basement.
16 tracks, 1 hour.

Grateful Dead – To Lay Me Down (Live)
The Band – I Shall Be Released - 2000 Digital Remaster
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping
Nick Drake – Northern Sky
Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home
The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose
Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
Grateful Dead – Fire On The Mountain
Bruce Hornsby – Candy Mountain Run
Gov’t Mule – Soulshine
Counting Crows – Ooh La La
Rodriguez – Inner City Blues
Richie Havens – Won’t Get Fooled Again
Johnny Rivers – Positively 4th Street - 1998 - Remaster
J.J. Cale – After Midnight
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Playlists for your pratice: Yoga gets funky

Yoga music doesn’t have to be boring. Add some swagger to your sun salutations….here we have 23 tracks, 1 hour.
from Herbie hancock to Sterio Mcs….

Indian Ocean – Leaving Home
DJ Drez – For What It’s Worth (India Dub) [feat. Joey Lugassy]
Shuggie Otis – Sweet Thang
Jamiroquai – Didgin’ Out
Ananda Shankar – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Afro Celt Sound System – Seed
Antibalas – Gabes New Joint
Afro Celt Sound System – When You’re Falling
Lorraine Ellison – Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
Black Nasty – Talking To The People
Darondo – Let My People Go
EarthRise SoundSystem – May All Beings
KC & The Sunshine Band – I Get Lifted
Herbie Hancock – Fat Mama
Nightmares On Wax – Da Feelin
Rose Royce – Yo Yo
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Inspiration Information
Stereo MC’s – Ground Level
Thievery Corporation – Sol Tapado (The Covered Sun) featuring Patrick de Santos
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got
William Catanzaro – Roll Down
Zap Mama – Drifting - feat. G Love
Andrew Bird – Headsoak

Playlists for your Practice: Jah Yoga

Jah Yoga: lively up your class! Reggae for your yoga mat
20 tracks, just over an hour

Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers To Cross
The Abyssinians – The Good Lord
Playing For Change – War/No More Trouble
Gladiators – Prayer To Jah
Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Lively Up Yourself
Gladiators – Rude Boy Ska
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes – Precious Morning
Yami Bolo + Sly & Robbie – Freedom & Liberation
Easy Star All-Stars – Within You Without You (feat. Matisyahu)
Peter Tosh – Equal Rights
Playing For Change – Redemption Song
Easy Star All-Stars & Sugar Minott – Exit Music (For a Film)
Playing For Change – One Love
Toots & The Maytals – In the Dark

Johnny Clarke – Declaration Of Rights - 2000 Digital Remaster

Easy Star All-Stars – Getting Better (feat. The Mighty Diamonds)
Easy Star All-Stars – Lovely Rita (feat. Bunny Rugs and U Roy)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Could You Be Loved
Soweto Gospel Choir – Rivers of Babylon

Playlists for your practice: A morning Mix

It’s A Good Morning Mix: Music for your morning practice! It’s mellow enough for morning and awesome enough to to make your day rockin! 19 tracks, 1 hour

Missy Higgins – Everyone’s Waiting
Michael Kiwanuka – Always Waiting
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song
Rodriguez – Inner City Blues
Milo Greene – 1957
Coldplay – Paradise
Ryan Miller – Popped Collar
Angelique Kidjo – Lay, Lady, Lay
Michael Kiwanuka – I Won’t Lie
The Black Crowes – She Talks To Angels
The Books – Cello Song (feat. Jose Gonzalez)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Drum Song
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone
JJ Grey & Mofro – The Sun Is Shining Down
The Staple Singers – The Weight
Playing For Change – Gimme Shelter
Stevie Wonder – I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Milo Greene – Autumn Tree
Eric Bibb & Habib Koité – Send Us Brighter Days

Playlists for your practice: Soul for the soul

Soul for the soul: Sweetly funky and soulfully sweet. 100% awesome.
17 Tracks, 1 hour

Al Green – God Is Standing By
Allen Toussaint – Sweet Touch of Love
Bill Withers – Let It Be
Aretha Franklin – The Happy Blues - Let Me In Your Life Outtake
Bobby Womack – California Dreamin’
Asa – So Beautiful
India.Arie – The Heart Of The Matter
The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
The Isley Brothers – Love The One You’re With
Miriam Makeba – Down On The Corner
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Can See Clearly Now
John Legend – Refuge (When It’s Cold Outside)
Donny Hathaway – I Believe To My Soul
The Sweet Inspirations – Sweet Inspiration
Solomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone

How to make a perfect mix: High Fidelity

Rules for making a mix tape: High Fidelity Final Scene:(by hamfoh)

'Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do's and don'ts. First of all you're using someone else's poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing."- Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

"A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You've got to kick off with a killer, to grab the attention. Then you've got to take it up a notch, or cool it off a notch…oh, there are a lot of rules.” ― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“Sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you feel nostagic and hopeful all at the same time.” ― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

Bringing back the magic of the mix tape