WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, August 17, 2024. The lighting will begin at 7:41 PM and the braziers will remain lit until 11:00 PM. This lighting is supported by the Providence Tourism Council with additional support from Red Bull.
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 17, 2024 music program as a Spotify playlist.
August 17, 2024 – Music Program
7:24 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
7:30 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
7:33 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
7:40 “Bamako”
composed by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
7:47 “Esa Noche”
traditional
performed by Café Tacuba
from Music from the Coffee Lands
7:50 “Montanerisimo”
composed by A. Ruiz del Castillo & A. Posada
performed by Los 50 de Jeselito
from Columbia
7:53 “Canzon IX a 8, 1615”
composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
7:56 “Diaraby”
composed by Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
performed by Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder and Groupe Asco
from Talking Timbuktu
8:04 “Git Up”
composed by Gregory Davis
performed by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
from Twenty Dozen
8:10 “Shortyville”
composed by Troy Andrews & Raphael Saadiq
performed by Trombone Shorty
from Say That to Say This
8:14 “Offering”
composed by Ravi Shankar
(on themes of Philip Glass)
from Passages
8:24 "Rotcha Scribida”
composed by Amandio Cabral
performed by Cesaria Evora
from Cesaria Evora
8:29 “O Pastor”
composed by Pedro Ayres Magelhaes & Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from O Espírito Da Paz
8:32 “Funny How Love Is”
composed by Roland Gift & David Steele
performed by Fine Young Cannibals
from Fine Young Cannibals
8:36 “This Little Light of Mine”
traditional
performed by Sweet Honey In the Rock, James Horner, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ysaye M. Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard & Michael Fisher
from Freedom Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:39 “Saya - Motherland: The Score”
composed by Sona Jobarteh
performed by Sona Jobarteh
from Motherland
8:43 “Soul Makossa”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Manu Dibango
from Soul Makossa
8:48 “Saludo Compay (Son)”
composed by Eliades Ochoa
performed by: Eliades Ochoa
from Sublime Ilusión
8:52 “Peace and Power”
composed by Joanne Shenandoah
performed by Joanna Shenandoah
from Peace and Power
8:56 “Deen Wolo Mousso”
composed by Victor Démé
performed by Victor Démé
from Victor Démé
9:01 "The Face of Love”
composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder
performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder
from Dead Man Walking soundtrack
9:07 “Besame Mucho”
composed by Consuelo Velasquez
performed by Cesária Evora
from The Best of Cesária Evora
9:12 "Warda’s Whorehouse”
composed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
performed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
music from The Screens
9:14 “Dindirindin”
traditional song
performed by Zorgina Vocal Ensemble: Rebecca Bain, Ellen Santaniello and Ruth Eiselsberg
from Polyphonics
9:17 “Chan Chan”
composed by Company Segundo
performed by Company Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club
9:21 “Kothbiro”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from African Voices: Songs of Life
9:27 “Roucky”
composed by Ali Farka Touré
performed by Ali Farka Touré, vocals and guitar with Taj Mahal (guitar) & Group ASKO
from The Source
9:35 “El Carretero”
traditional Cuban folksong
performed by Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzales, Eliades Ochoa and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club
9:38 “Quizas, Quizas”
composed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
performed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
from CubaAfrica
9:45 “Kun Fe Ko”
composed by Oumou Sangare
performed by Oumou Sangare et al
from Worotan
9:49 “Algunas Bestias” middle section from "Canto General”
composed by Mikis Theodorakis
text by Pablo Neruda
performed by Alexandra Papadjiakou, alto
from Canto General
9:53 “Ndere”
composed by Samite Mulondo
performed by Samite Mulondo
from African Voices
9:55 “Cielito Lindo”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
from CubaAfrica
9:59 "Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:02 “Muzinge”
composed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
performed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
from Pearl of Africa Reborn
10:07 “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3”
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
10:10 "Sabu Yerkoy"
composed by Ali Farka Toure
performed by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
from Ali and Toumani
10:14 “Milonga Triste”
composed by Sebastian Piana & Homero Manzi
performed by Hugo Diaz y su Conjunto
from The Tango Lesson soundtrack
10:17 “Moe ‘Uhane” (Dream Slack Key)”
composed by Sonny Chillingworth
performed by Sonny Chillingworth
from Sonny Solo
10:20 “Shhh/Peaceful” excerpt
composed by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis et al.
from In a Silent Way
10:26 “Besoka on Salsa”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Manu Dibango
from Manu ‘76
10:33 “Ay Papacito”
composed by Carlos Méndez
performed by Eliades Ochoa
from Sublime Illusion
10:37 “Lamento Cubano”
composed by Eliseo Grenet
performed by Bebo Valdés Trio
from El Arte del Sabor
10:41 “De Los Amores”
composed by Javier Lazo
performed by Susana Baca
from Eco de Sombras
10:47 “Bué”
composed by Sara Tavares
performed by Sara Tavares (Cape Verde)
from Xinti
10:51 “The Thrill is Gone”
composed by Rick Darnell & Roy Hawkins
performed by Aretha Franklin
from Spirit In The Dark
10:54 “Qaisimalaurittuq (feat. The Westerlies)”
composed by David Gilmour & Roger Waters
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
