WaterFire Providence presents a Partial Lighting of WaterFire on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The lighting will begin at 8:30 PM, and the braziers will remain lit until 10:30 PM. This lighting is supported by the Providence Tourism Council.
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 June 19, 2025, music program as a Spotify playlist.
June 19, 2025 – Music Program
8:07 “Bamako”
composed by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
8:13 “Funny How Love Is”
composed by Roland Gift & David Steele
performed by Fine Young Cannibals
rom Fine Young Cannibals
8:17 “Shortyville”
composed by Troy Andrews & Raphael Saadiq
performed by Trombone Shorty
from Say That to Say This
8:21 “Ani Oyo (Reimagined)”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Dance My Children, Dance
8:25 “Petit Pays”
composed by Nando Da Cruz
performed by Cesária Evora
from The Very Best of Cesária Evora
8:29 “Soul Makossa”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Manu Dibango
from Soul Makossa
8:33 “I Feel Love”
composed by Donna Summer, Pete Bellotte & Giorgio Moroder
performed by Donna Summer
from I Remember Yesterday
8:39 “Taino”
composed by Carine Paul
performed by Carine Paul
from Taino
8:42 “Saludo Compay (Son)”
composed by Eliades Ochoa
performed by: Eliades Ochoa
from Sublime Ilusión
8:46 “Chasing Bombs”
composed by Big Lux
performed by Big Lux & Laura Dowding
from Chasing Bombs
8:51 “Deen Wolo Mousso”
composed by Victor Démé
performed by Victor Démé
from Victor Démé
8:56 “Chan Chan”
composed by Company Segundo
performed by Company Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club
9:01 “Lucia”
composed by Lon E. Plynton
performed by Lon E. Plynton
from Lucia
9:05 “Kothbiro”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from African Voices: Songs of Life
9:11 “Hope There’s Someone”
composed by Anthony and the Johnsons
performed by Anthony and the Johnsons
from I am a Bird Now
9:12 “Roucky”
composed by Ali Farka Touré
performed by Ali Farka Touré, vocals and guitar with Taj Mahal (guitar) & Group ASKO
from The Source
9:21 “Quizas, Quizas”
composed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
performed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
from CubaAfrica
9:27 “Kun Fe Ko”
composed by Oumou Sangare
performed by Oumou Sangare et al
from Worotan
9:32 “My Love is Real”
composed by Becky Bass
performed by Bill Bass Steel Pans featuring Becky Bass on Vocals
from My Love is Real
9:36 “Diaraby”
composed by Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooderperformed by Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder and Groupe Asco
from Talking Timbuktu
9:43 “Cielito Lindo”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Cuarteto Patria & Manu Dibango
from CubaAfrica
9:47 “Muzinge”
composed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
performed by Samite Mulongo (Uganda)
from Pearl of Africa Reborn
9:51 “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3”
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
9:55 "Sabu Yerkoy"
composed by Ali Farka Toure
performed by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
from Ali and Toumani
9:59 “A Little Respect”
composed by Andy Bell, Erasure & Vince Clarke
performed by Erasure
from The Innocents
10:02 “The Thrill is Gone”
composed by Rick Darnell & Roy Hawkins
performed by Aretha Franklin
from Spirit In The Dark
10:07 “The French Lieutenant Dreams”
composed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
performed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
music from The Screens
10:09 “Offering”
composed by Ravi Shankar
(on themes of Philip Glass)
from Passages
10:19 “Freedom! '90”
composed by George Michael
performed by George Michael
from Ladies & Gentlemen
10:26 “Take My Hand”
composed by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
performed by Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama
from There Will Be Light
