Play the Episode Episode 45 “Joyful Music” of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet addresses our need (as activists and as humans) to care for ourselves and each other. We spotlight songs that celebrate the restorative, healing joy we find in music, humor, nature and dance– and in community, because –even, or especially in dark times – when we share positive energy, it can multiply exponentially, strengthening our courage and resistance, and clarifying our vision of a future worth fighting for. No kidding!
Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet Produced By
Jack Cochran
Pamela Falkenberg
Purly Rae Gates
Seth Handelman
James Kahn
Harriet Jerusha Korim
Mark Lagerwey
Warren Senders
SONG CREDITS – EPISODE 45
Theme: Joyful Music
Podcast Theme: “Reggae March” (aka STOP NOW intro) ©1985 Rick Arnoldi (BMI)
Daryl Lowery, sax
Tom Beaver, keyboards, trumpet, flugelbone
Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq, bass
Roscoe Hamer, drums
Rick Arnoldi, guitar, producer
Paul Arnold, engineer
Recorded at Newbury Sound, Boston, 1985
Spoken Welcome and Cool Tunes Jingle: Purly Rae Gates
The Vast Infinity
Words and Music by James Kahn © 2021 Music and Words Publishing
Guitar, and lead vocals: James Kahn
Harmony vocals: David West
Irish Bones player: Sharon Termondt
Irish Step Dancer: Hannah Logar
Tap Dancer: Karyn Laver
A Song Of Mine
Lyrics, music © 2022 Mark Lagerwey
Vocals — Mark Lagerwey
Congas and vocal harmonies — Isabel Borgstrom
Flute and vocal harmonies — Glenn Swier
Bass guitar — Jack Conners
Production: Perfect World Studio —
Traverse City, Michigan
Sound engineer — Jack Conners
Video: Outlier Moving Pictures
Back To Life
Words and Music © 2022 Seth Handelman
Vocals, Saxophones, Guitars – Seth Handelman
Bass, Drum Track – Alan J. King
Recording Engineer: Alan J. King
Recorded at Autumn Leaf Studios – Nashua, New Hampshire
Video: Outlier Moving Pictures
Emma Goldman (If I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution)
© 2012, 2026 jerusha korim (BMI)
music, lyrics & vocals: jerushko
production and guitar: rick arnoldi
mixed by brian morris
video production: jerushko
song recorded in Wellfleet (Pononakanet), Massachusetts
This video is to be used exclusively for non-profit, educational purposes; with some exceptions, we gratefully use images from numerous online sources (including copyrighted MoMA photo of Gerorgia O’Keefe by Alfred Steiglitz). We hope to identify and credit as-yet-unknown sources of images, and publish this now under fair use doctrine, protected under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
Tanssimaan alatorille
“Dancing In The Street”
Performed by Turo’s Hevi Gee
Host: Warren Senders
Intern: Janelle Chang
Video/ Audio Support:
Outlier Moving Pictures – Pam Falkenberg and Jack Cochran
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