Many chapters in Rise Up Singing and Rise Again are organized by topic or subject matter (e.g. "Freedom", "Earthcare", "Peace", or "Work"). Others are organized by song genre (e.g. "Blues", "Jazz and Swing"). At the end of each chapter you can find a list of songs in other chapters on the same subject or topic.
Below are webpages that will help you find songs on a particular subject, including many of our own favorite songs on that theme or topic.
Songs relating to social justice:
- Earthcare — songs on environmental, climate & sustainability issues
- Immigration
- LGBTQ+
- Labor / Work — on working people's lives & the unions that empower workers
- Native / Indigenous — songs by Native artists & on Indigenous issues
- Peace
- Racial justice — the US Civil Rights Movement, South African anti-apartheid songs, Black Lives Matter, etc.)
- Rich & poor — on wealth, poverty & economic justice
- Struggle
- Women
Seasonal songs:
- Summer
- Autumn & Harvest
- Winter holiday songs — on Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, New Year's Day
Other topical lists:
- Songs of rest — songs that encourage comfort & sleep
- Hope & strength
- Healing & letting go — songs to help face and live into transitions, loss, illness, aging, and death
- Love songs
- Silly songs