It is impossible to fully capture all those with whom you stand, and those whose work makes your scholarship possible. Given that this is a sonic ethnography, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to those who have truly heard me over time. Rather than continuing with an exhaustive, and ultimately incomplete, list of people, I’d like to offer the following playlist to allow you to hear my gratitude. It is my hope that those who have listened deeply to my life and work will ultimately see themselves in these songs.
Full playlist can be heard below or on YouTube.
- Track 1: Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra
- Track 2: Beautiful Boy, John Lennon
- Track 3: Over the Rainbow, Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole
- Track 4: Turning Pages, Eric Bibb
- Track 5: Long, Long Journey, Allen Toussaint
- Track 6: Qualified, Dr. John
- Track 7: Easy Living, Hank Crawford
- Track 8: Smokestack Lightnin’, Howlin’ Wolf
- Track 9: Good as Hell, Lizzo
- Track 10: No Regrets, Mwenso and the Shake
- Track 11: Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles
- Track 12: Fight the Power, Public Enemy
- Track 13: Jai Ho!, A.R. Rahman
- Track 14: House of the Rising Sun, The Animals
- Track 15: Cello Suite No. 1 in G. Major, Prélude, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Track 16: Sign ‘O the Times, Prince
- Track 17: Break up the Concrete, The Pretenders
- Track 18: Tank!, Seatbelts
- Track 19: Tightrope, Janelle Monáe
- Track 20: Respect, Aretha Franklin