Songs for AAPI Heritage

Finding the ACLU Native American Heritage Month playlist really helped me find some new things. I wondered if they might be helpful for some of my other months.

Yes, their Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month playlist was huge.

Part of my problem has tended to be worrying about if the artists I used should count. Maybe they were Asian, not American, or only one member of the band was or I had no idea they were because another part of their heritage was more obvious.

I ended up just not worrying about it.I did know that the Van Halen brothers had Asian heritage, but did not think about it. Someone from the ACLU included them. Okay. Why not?

Suddenly I had more songs than I knew what to do with.

The Farewell playlist took me up to April 18th, so this group of songs could start in April and go into May, but there were so many more. I wanted to go longer, but then June is always a month of conflict for me because it is both Black Music Month and Pride Month.

This is where things get messy again.

I have extended songs for Black History Month multiple times, as well as sometimes doing some selections that made me really explore new music for Black Music Month. Maybe I could skip? Or delay, but then July is Disability Pride Month.

Here's how it's playing out:

Songs from 4/19 through 6/30 were by AAPI artists (possibly with a looser definition). There were quotes from AAPI people every day in May, but June quotes were from Black musicians.

July music and quotes are from people with disabilities, but then August will be music and quotes from queer people. 

I believe I can live with this. 

4/19 “Upside” by Judith Hill
4/20 “Tenderness” by Jay Som
4/21 “Don’t Wanna Love” by Jujube
4/22“When This Rain Stops” by WENDY
4/23 “Don’t Hold Your Breath” by Nichole Scherzinger
4/24 “Ain’t That Peculiar” by Fanny
4/25 “Crying on the Subway” by Hana Vu
4/26 “I Miss You My Hawaii” Na Leo, Na Leo Pilimehana
4/27 “Ordinary Pleasure” by Toro y Moi
4/28 “Going Back To Where I Belong” by Sugar Pie DeSanto
4/29 “The Hukilau Song” by Don Ho
4/30 “Breathe” by Michelle Branch

5/1 “Just You And Me” by Zee Avi
5/2 “Division in the Heartland” by Bruce Lee Band
5/3 “In the Land of Dreams” by Kesang Marstrand
5/4 “You Don’t Know” by The Chinkees
5/5 “Bait & Switch” by Emily’s Sassy Lime
5/6 “Dream” by Priscilla Ahn
5/7 “Gee” by Girls’ Generation
5/8 “Nothing To Hide” by Rebel Souljahz
5/9 “The Story of My Love” by Chhoun Malay
5/10 “Mamalu O Samoa” by Pacific Soul
5/11 “Unloving You” by Alex Aiono
5/12 “29” by Run River North
5/13 “Killer Joe” by The Rocky Fellers
5/14 “Come Back Home” by 2NE1
5/15 “Lonely” by B1A4
5/16 “You Never Know” by BLACKPINK
5/17 “Glory” by Hodgy
5/18 “Dinosaur” by AKMU
5/19 “3 Nights” by Dominic Fike
5/20 “Maybe Maybe” by The Chairs
5/21 “Little Dreamer” by Van Halen
5/22 “Don’t Say You Love Me” by The Cambodian Space Project
5/23 “Underneath the Marshmallow Tree” by Elena Moon Park
5/24 “Hymn of Acxiom” by Vienna Tang
5/25 “Heard It All Before” by Dinah Jane
5/26 “Five O’Clock Whistle” by Mavis Rivers
5/27 “Heather” by Conan Gray
5/28 “Soon” by Moonpools & Caterpillars
5/29 “Left Hand Side” by Latasha Lee
5/30 “The Ultra-Violence” by Death Angel
5/31 “The Future Is Female” by Madame Gandhi

6/1 “Nyano Ghar” by Dibesh Pokharel/Arthur Gunn
6/2 “Family Business” by Dengue Fever
6/3 “Jowenna” by Fiji
6/4 “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)” by Peggy Gou
6/5 “Wolf Totem” by The HU
6/6 “Cough Syrup” by Young the Giant
6/7 “The Start of Something” by Voxtrot
6/8 “Bittersweet” by Big Head Todd and The Monsters
6/9 “Bitter Love” by Pia Mia
6/10 “Talkin’ To Me” by Amerie
6/11 “Crush” by Yuna, Usher
6/12 “lowkey” by NIKI
6/13 “Waimanalo Blues” by Country Comfort with Billy Kaui, Chuck Lee, and Randy Lorenzo
6/14 “I’m Not Afraid” by Holland
6/15 “Oom Sha La La” by Haley Heynderickx
6/16 “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor feat. Styles of Beyond
6/17 “Getting By” by Long Beard
6/18 “Real Thing” by Turnstile
6/19 “The Reason” by Hoobastank
6/20 “Str8 Outta Mumbai” by Jai Paul
6/21 “Hide Away” by Daya
6/22 “Thin Ice” by Outburst
6/23 “Masterpiece” by Summer C
6/24 “Let’s Do It Again” by J Boog
6/25 “Twist in My Sobriety” by Tanita Tikaram
6/26 “Until the World Goes Cold” by Trivium
6/27 “Long Yellow Road” by Toshiko Akiyoshi
6/28 “I Do” by Susie Suh
6/29 “Plastic Love” by Maria Takeuchi
6/30 “Movin’ on without you” by Kikaru Utada