Skip to main content

become a member  

Happy Holidays!

EVERY LITTLE LIGHT

Every little light that we see on these winter nights
Lighting up the houses and trees with a warm delight
Turning each street into a wonderland
Those who have grown into a child again

Every little light is important in its own way
Every little light is preparing for Christmas day
Although the world says that there is no room
Stables and stars whisper a welcome tune

And we open our minds, think like a child again
Open our hearts, wish the whole world were friends
Send out a hope that prays to make it real
Send out a love so the whole world can feel

Every little light
Every little light
Every little light
Every little light

Every little light on menorahs and Christmas trees
Cause us to reflect on the purpose of you and me
Do you not know, you are all temples too
All that’s been done, greater things you will do

Let us open our minds, think like a child again
Open our hearts wish the whole world were friends
Send out a hope that prays to make it real
Shine your little light

Every little light
Every little light
Every little light
Every little light

Every little light is important in its own way
Every little light brings us hope for a better day
Send out your light ‘til the lies come undone
Send out your love ‘til the whole world is one

Firmament of light
Shining in the night
Every little light
Every little light

If we open our minds, think like a child again
Open our hearts, wish the whole world were friends
Send out a hope that prays to make it real
Know it can be

Open our eyes, see a new point of view
So that the lies melt right in front of you
Send out a love, love that’s so bright it
Illuminates the world

Every little light
Every little light
Every little light
Every little light


Every Little Light - The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
words & music by Joziah Longo
video by Rick Rock

Sing Sing Sing

Celebrating Two Decades of Tribes Hill

Sing Sing Sing

We're gathered here tonight
to do a sacred thing
sing sing sing, sing sing sing
sing sing sing, sing

It says in the Bible somewhere
that singing is praying times two
and whenever angels show up
it always seems that's what they do

We're gathered here tonight
to do a sacred thing
sing sing sing, sing sing sing

millions of pilgrims every day
visit Mecca and I've heard it said
when you hear their song
millions singing all at once
it's a sound you'll never forget

We're gathered here tonight
to do a sacred thing
sing sing sing, sing sing sing

the Navajo and Cherokee
Lakota and Cheyenne
Shawnee, Pawnee, Crow and Cree
all had one common thread
beside the one Great Spirit and the one Mother Earth
they all raise their voices for all that they are worth

We're gathered here tonight
to do a sacred thing
sing sing sing, sing sing sing

Words and music by Fred Gillen Jr.

I told Fred recently that I have always considered Sing Sing Sing an anthem for Tribes Hill. I asked if I could use it for a special music video celebrating over two decades of our music community of kindred folk. I am currently going through our archives and will be posting the video soon. I also asked Fred if he could share with us how the song came about. Here is what he had to say:
"Memory is unreliable and I wrote Sing Sing Sing in 2007 or so. What I do remember is at the time I’d just spent a bunch of time with Pete Seeger. One night Steve Kirkman drove Pete to and from a concert with a kids choir that Turk had organized. After we dropped Pete off Steve and I were talking about how easy Pete made it look to teach 400 people how to sing his very complicated song “Take it From Doctor King.” I was thinking that no amount of practice would ever help me pull off something like that but that I’d like to write a song of my own which was easy to teach to a room full of people. Usually it’s hard to write from an intention, but in this case I wrote ABOUT singing, and it worked! Since then the song has been sung by many people with and without me (including Pete, with Sue Wright and her Sargent Elementary students.) From being in the songbook at a church in Toledo to me teaching the audience at Patan Durbar World Heritage site in Nepal to Solar Punch playing it in Haiti, I think the song really is a connection between the Hudson Valley (and the spirit of Pete) and the world."