Dec 09 2024 179 mins 2
Many of us live in the sense of conflict with others. It would be easy to pick a pack of songs that further sowed division, but I thought, why not instead focus on values. The goal then was to pick songs that expressed values of hope, kindness, empathy, compassion, and understanding. We can surely agree that these are the lofty goals of our humanity rather than the daily division sewn into the fabric of our world right now. Hopefully, this set of music will bring some sense of salve to the wounds you feel.
| Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
| Raison De Plus | Renaissance | 4:54 | Ici Est Ailleurs | 2001 |
| Galleon | Lightworks | 9:00 | Engines of Creation | 2007 |
| Yes | Lift Me Up | 6:09 | Union | 1991 |
| Kaipa | On The Edge Of New Horizons | 17:06 | Children Of The Sounds | 2017 |
| Big Big Train | Skates On | 4:19 | The Likes of Us | 2024 |
| Sigur Rós | Mílanó | 9:33 | Takk… | 2005 |
| Jon & Vangelis | Italian Song | 2:43 | The Best of Jon & Vangelis | 1984 |
| Fantasy | Gnome Song | 4:09 | Paint A Picture | 1973 |
| Anima Mundi | Toward the Adventure | 6:12 | Jagannath Orbit | |
| Kansas | Reason To Be | 3:35 | Monolith | 1979 |
| Moon Safari | Yasgur’s Farm | 8:00 | [Blomljud] (Disc 2) | 2008 |
| Gov’t Mule | Dreaming Out Loud (Feat. Ivan Neville & Ruthie Foster) | 4:26 | Peace…Like A River (Deluxe Edition) | 2023 |
| The String Cheese Incident | This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) | 6:43 | 2009/07/03 I Rothbury, MI | 2009 |
| Spock’s Beard | The Light | 18:48 | Gluttons for Punishment (2) | 2005 |
| Big Big Train | Love Is the Light | 7:00 | A Flare on the Lens (Live in London) | 2024 |
| Heliopolis | New Frontier | 10:53 | Epic At the Majestic : Live At RoSFest | 2016 |
| Porcupine Tree | Lazarus | 4:04 | Arriving Somewhere… | 2006 |
| Anathema | Everything | 5:01 | We’re Here Because We’re Here | 2010 |
| Queensryche | Rhythm of Hope | 3:27 | Tribe | 2003 |
| Rush | The Garden | 6:53 | Clockwork Angels | 2012 |
| Dream Theater | Hollow Years | 5:43 | Falling Into Infinity | 1997 |
| Geddy Lee | Grace To Grace | 4:52 | My Favorite Headache | 2000 |
| Riverside | Found | 5:39 | Lost n Found, Live in Tilburg (2) | 2017 |
| Widespread Panic | Hope In A Hopeless World | 5:07 | Bombs And Butterflies | 1997 |
