Here's some tunes
Nothing to say that we would necessarily be doing these but they give an idea of my own likes and dislikes and so a possible starting point.
Where it all leads would of course depend on you !
Some modern R & B / Pop
Hallelujah
- Alexandra Burke
(Leonard Cohen originally)
Hold Back The River - James Bay
Some pop
/ singer songwriter
type stuff old and new
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Some well known soul / R&B standards
Stand
By Me (John Lennon)
Originally Ben E King
People
Get Ready (Seal)
Originally Curtis Mayfield
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Dancin In The Street - Martha and the Vandelas
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Some really great tunes : )
Wade In The Water - Mavis Staples
In Times Like These - Mavis Staples
Washed In The River - Paul Ruske / Soweto GC
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Soweto GC
After The Goldrush - Neil Young (this version Prelude)
Amazing Grace - Blinf Boys of Alabama
Higher Ground - Playing For Change / Stevie Wonder
Some social justice / reflective anthems
Breaths - Sweet Honey In The Rock
L'Estaca /
Mury - Catelonian / Polish Freedom
Original
Catelonian
Polish
version (Solidarnosc)
Blowin In The Wind - Bob Dylan
Four rock / indie tunes easily adapted for choirs
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Two Sing Along Reggae Tunes
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Some gentle older folk/singer song writer
El Condor Pasa - Simon and Garfunkel
Please send your own suggestions - particularly more modern tunes if you have a real favourite that might suit a community choir, I'm a bit behind the times !
