WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, August 1, 2026. The lighting will begin at 8:23 PM, and the braziers will remain lit until 12:00 AM. This lighting is supported by Amica Insurance & Brown University.
All of the music is the work of the original artists listed below, and they retain the copyright. The music is used here by permission of the artist or the recording company and/or licensed for public performance through ASCAP, SESAC, and/or BMI (including their affiliated foreign performance rights societies). We urge you to further explore and support the work of these artists through the purchase of their recordings. WaterFire Providence® and Barnaby Evans wish to thank the artists for creating such wonderful music and the recording companies for their enthusiastic cooperation and support.
Get the August 1, 2026, music program as a Spotify playlist.
August 1, 2026 – Music Program
7:45 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
7:51 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
7:54 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
8:01 “Sabu” (The Secret)
ancient Wassoulou hunter song
performed by Oumou Sangare
from Worotan
8:06 “Iberian Improvisation #2”
composed by Tom Noren and Andrew Blickenderfer
based on Fernando Sor’s Seguidillas Boléras
performed by HourGlass
from HourGlass
8:08 “Meniscus”
composed by David Curtis
performed by This Mortal Coil
from Filigree & Shadow
8:11 “Muzinge”
composed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
performed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
from Pearl of Africa Reborn
8:16 "Warda’s Whorehouse”
composed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
performed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
music from The Screens
8:19 “The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”
composed by Gustav Holst
performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
from Holst: The Planets
8:26 "Fanfare for the Common Man”
composed by Aaron Copland
performed by The London Symphony Orchestra
from Copland Conducts Copland - Expand Edition
8:30 “Japurá River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
8:34 “Road to Exile”
composed by Afro Celtic Sound System
performed by Afro Celtic Sound System
from Hotel Rwanda
8:37 “Bamako”
composed by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
8:44 “Know”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
8:46 “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3”
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
8:49 “Funny How Love Is”
composed by Roland Gift & David Steele
performed by Fine Young Cannibals
from Fine Young Cannibals
8:53 “Dos Gardenias”
composed by Compay Segundo
performed by Compay Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club soundtrack
8:56 “Obiero”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from En Mana Kuoyo
9:02 “Dounuya”
composed by Mamadou Diabate
performed by Mamadou Diabate
from Tunga
9:07 “Houston in Two Seconds”
composed by Ry Cooder
performed by Ry Cooder
from Paris, Texas soundtrack
9:09 “Que Bom”
composed Grupo Ondas
performed by Grupo Ondas
from Grupo Ondas
9:14 “Dark End of the Street”
composed by Dan Penn & Moman Chips
performed by Cat Power
from Dark End of the Street
9:18 “Moe ‘Uhane” (Dream Slack Key)”
composed by Sonny Chillingworth
performed by Sonny Chillingworth
from Sonny Solo
9:21 “Many Rivers to Cross”
composed by Jimmy Cliff
performed by Jimmy Cliff
from The Harder They Come soundtrack
9:24 “Habla Me”
composed by Gipsy Kings
performed by Gipsy Kings
from Cantos de Amor
9:28 “Mazurka”
traditional [Cape Verdean]
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
9:32 “Kakokolo”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
9:37 “Toque de Iuna”
composed by Marcos "Barrão" DaSilva
performed by Mestra Barrão
from Axé Capoeira, Vol III
9:40 “Embalasasa”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
9:44 “Hurricane Season”
composed by Troy Andrews
performed by Trombone Shorty
from Backatown
9:47 “Cage the Songbird”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:51 “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
9:53 “Hallelujah”
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Jeff Buckley
from Grace
10:00 “Sin Precio”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
10:04 “Sinhazinha”
composed by Marcos "Barrão" DaSilva
performed by Mestra Barrão
from Volume 7
10:08 “La Ahada Yalam”
composed by Amos Hadani
performed by Amal Murkus
from Amal
10:12 “Uummati Attanarsimat”
composed by Christopher Stein & Deborah Harry
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
10:16 “Blue in Green”
composed by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis
from Kind of Blue
10:21 “Appalachia Waltz”
composed by Mark O’Connor
performed by Yo-Yo Ma
from The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
10:26 “Short Trip Home”
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, & Mike Marshall
from Short Trip Home
10:30 “See Me Lakayana”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Spirit
10:34 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:38 “Raquel”
composed by Rufino Almeida
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
10:42 “Gabby Kai”
traditional Hawaiian song
performed by James Bla Pahinui
from Music from the Coffee Lands
10:47 “Wake Me Up” (Acoustic)
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
from Lift Your Spirit
10:50 “My One and Only Love”
composed by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
performed by Kevin Eubanks
from East West Time Line
10:58 "(Don’t) Tremble"
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
11:03 “Postales”
composed by Federico Aubele
performed by Federico Aubele
from the Poseidon soundtrack recording
11:07 “Petit Pays”
composed by Nando Da Cruz
performed by Cesária Evora
from The Very Best of Cesária Evora
11:11 “Djarimirri”
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
11:15 “Border Shift”
composed by Jayden Barber
performed by Jayden Barber
from Border Shift
11:22 “On Doing an Evil Deed Blues”
composed by John Fahey
performed by John Fahey
from The John Fahey Anthology
11:27 “Creator’s Song”
traditional Lakota Sun dance closing song in praise of the creator
performed by Joanne Shenandoah
from Orenda
11:30 “Ohnana”
composed by Juan David Loaiza "Kapo", Pedro Juan de la Ossa Medrano "Gangsta", Sandy Tabacinic & Juan Diego Medina Vélez
performed by Kapo
from Ohnana - Single
11:32 “Zwit Rwit”
composed by Idir
performed by Idir
from A Vava Inouva
11:36 “Uno”
composed by Ludovico Einaudi
performed by Ludovico Einaudi
from Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire
11:40 “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D' Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
11:45 “Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude”
composed by J. S. Bach
performed by Edgar Meyer (on double bass)
from Edgar Meyer: Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites
11:51 “I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You”
composed by Victor Young, Ned Washington and Bing Crosby
performed by Wes Montgomery
from Movin' Along
11:56 “Falling Slowly”
composed by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
performed by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
from Best Irish Songs Ever
