Herb Sundays 39: Michael Cina

The visual polymath connects the dots for a soulful ride through songs of faith and devotion. Art by, um, Cina.

Published on April 17, 2022

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Heaven At Once

Kool & The Gang

Album: Wild And Peaceful • Track 4

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Released: 1973-09

ISRC: USPR37308012

5:05

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Is There Any Love?

Trevor Dandy

Album: Don't Cry Little Tree • Track 5

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Released: 1970-01-01

ISRC: USCW60791742

4:32

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Greeting To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)

Pharoah Sanders

Album: Elevation (Live) • Track 2

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Released: 1973-01-01

ISRC: USUM70501861

4:07

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Lord Have Mercy

James Tatum

Album: Contemporary Jazz Mass / Live at Orchestra Hall & The Paradise Theater • Track 1

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Released: 2016-04-01

ISRC: GBCTF0800001

6:21

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You Got The Love - Now Voyager Radio Mix

The Source

Album: You Got the Love • Track 8

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Released: 1996

ISRC: GBAZA9723011

3:34

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Hang on in There

Mike James Kirkland

Album: Hang on in There • Track 3

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Released: 1992-10-02

ISRC: USLNH0302803

8:57

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Festina Lente

Arvo Pärt

Album: Miserere • Track 2

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Released: 1991-09-01

ISRC: DEB339043002

5:24

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Let Love Flow for Peace

Sunbear

Album: Sunbear • Track 2

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Released: 1977-01-01

ISRC: CAU117709807

3:29

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Pressing On

Vanessa Bell Armstrong

Album: Vanessa Bell Armstrong • Track 1

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Released: 1987

ISRC: USVE20400158

4:48

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Walk With Jesus

Otis G Johnson

Album: Everything - God Is Love 78 • Track 1

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Released: 1978-01-01

ISRC: USCW61304004

6:41

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Do You Believe

Supreme Jubilees

Album: It'll All Be Over • Track 2

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Released: 2015-01-20

ISRC: USDEA1412002

4:01

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Love from the Sun

Norman Connors

Album: Love from the Sun • Track 4

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Released: 1973

ISRC: USSM11304254

8:17

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La La Bam-Bam

The Congos

Album: Heart Of The Congos • Track 5

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Released: 1977

ISRC: USVPR9300313

3:57

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Come out of the Sandbox - East Coast Love Affair Mix

Mary Love Comer

Album: Without You • Track 2

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Released: 2021-04-30

ISRC: GBRH31200761

6:47

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All Praises to Allah - Alternate Version

Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen

Album: Energy Control Center • Track 9

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Released: 2018-04-19

ISRC: US2S71857009

9:45

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Church Girl

Laura Mvula

Album: Church Girl • Track 1

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Released: 2021-03-17

ISRC: GBAHS2100114

3:45

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Abdullah And Abraham

Chico Hamilton

Album: Peregrinations • Track 3

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Released: 1975-01-01

ISRC: USBN29500205

4:16

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Like a Ship

Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

Album: Like a Ship (Without a Sail) • Track 1

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Released: 1971-01-01

ISRC: USCW61003001

4:38

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Faithful to the End

D.J. Rogers

Album: It's Good to Be Alive • Track 3

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Released: 1975

ISRC: USRC17507799

3:53

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Save Their Souls

Bohannon

Album: Stop & Go • Track 5

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Released: 1973

ISRC: USBWC2010005

4:56

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It Ain't Necessarily So

Mary Lou Williams

Album: Mary Lou Williams • Track 2

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Released: 1964-01-01

ISRC: USSF16484302

4:47

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Celestial Blues

Andy Bey

Album: Experience And Judgment • Track 1

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Released: 2003-05-26

ISRC: USAT20300767

3:18

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Stop Them Jah

King Tubby

Album: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown • Track 2

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Released: 1976-07-07

ISRC: USDBY1400465

2:48

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Awakening - Epilogue

The Awakening

Album: Hear, Sense and Feel • Track 7

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Released: 1972-04-06

ISRC: QM6MZ2020066

0:51

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Love Ritual - Bwana Mix

Al Green

Album: Love Ritual • Track 1

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Released: 1989

ISRC: USFP71021501

4:19

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Stand on the Word - 1982 Version

The Joubert Singers

Album: Stand on the Word • Track 10

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Released: 2016-08-26

ISRC: FRODU8215000

4:46

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Keep The Faith

Mel & Tim

Album: Mel & Tim • Track 1

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Released: 1973

ISRC: USFI80700163

3:59

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Brimstone & Fire

Wayne Jarrett

Album: Showcase Vol. 1 • Track 1

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Released: 2004-09-01

ISRC: DEW250401168

5:45

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Pray - Edit

Joe Armon-Jones

Album: Pray • Track 2

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Released: 2021-05-04

ISRC: GB5P52100078

4:51

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The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)

Leon Thomas

Album: Spirits Known and Unknown • Track 1

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Released: 2013-04-29

ISRC: USBB10100986

4:25

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Positive Forces

Leroy Hutson

Album: Acid Jazz: Best Of 2018 • Track 3

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Released: 2018-12-28

ISRC: GBBTV1602524

3:39

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Cross Country

Archie Whitewater

Album: Archie Whitewater • Track 8

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Released: 1970-01-01

ISRC: USUM71113528

3:21

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Let the Sun Shine In

Sons And Daughters Of Lite

Album: Let the Sun Shine In • Track 1

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Released: 2000-01-18

ISRC: USLNH0303401

8:25

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The Blessing Song

Michael White

Album: Pneuma • Track 8

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Released: 1972-01-01

ISRC: USUM70603212

6:14

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Conquering Lion

Yabby You

Album: One Love, One Heart • Track 9

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Released: 1983

ISRC: USA370639557

3:21

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My People...Hold On

Eddie Kendricks

Album: People... Hold On • Track 6

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Released: 1972-01-01

ISRC: USMO10400176

5:40

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Spirits up Above

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Album: Volunteered Slavery • Track 2

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Released: 2005-10-18

ISRC: USATL0200227

3:35

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Love, Sweet Like Sugar Cane

Build An Ark

Album: Dawn • Track 3

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Released: 2007-09-25

ISRC: US3E30710092

3:35

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Earth

Joe Henderson

Album: The Elements • Track 4

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Released: 1974-01-01

ISRC: USC4R1704812

13:13

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Peace

George Duke

Album: My Soul - The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings • Track 3

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Released: 2014-08-12

ISRC: DEUM70709897

7:29

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Gentle Man

The Defaulters

Album: Late Night Tales: Floating Points (DJ Mix) • Track 8

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Released: 2019-03-29

ISRC: USCW61003508

4:48

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Huntington Ashram Monastery

Alice Coltrane

Album: Huntington Ashram Monastery • Track 1

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Released: 1969-01-01

ISRC: USMC16953547

5:31

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Forgive Us All

Rob

Album: Funky Rob Way • Track 2

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Released: 2015-10-15

ISRC: ZA56E1517776

7:59

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Universal Mother

Don Cherry

Album: Hear & Now • Track 2

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Released: 1976

ISRC: USAT20302629

6:44

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Sinnerman

Nina Simone

Album: Pastel Blues • Track 9

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Released: 1965-10-01

ISRC: USPR36500095

10:22

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A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement

John Coltrane

Album: A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters • Track 1

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Released: 1965-02

ISRC: USMC16490243

7:42

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I Want To Thank You

Alicia Myers

Album: Back To Back • Track 6

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Released: 1998-01-01

ISRC: USMC18011096

3:49

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Zion's Blood

The Upsetters

Album: Super Ape • Track 1

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Released: 1976

ISRC: USIR20300233

3:55

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Leaving This Planet - Vocal

Charles Earland

Album: Leaving This Planet • Track 1

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Released: 1974

ISRC: USFI87400075

7:29

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Astral Traveling - Alternative Version

Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes

Album: Astral Traveling • Track 7

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Released: 2014-01-27

ISRC: USBB10101011

5:37

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I Won’t Be Satisfied

Walter Hawkins

Album: Love Alive • Track 6

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Released: 1993-08-17

ISRC: USCMG0300488

4:28

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Peace Of Mind

The Rance Allen Group

Album: Say My Friend • Track 3

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Released: 2011-01-01

ISRC: USCA29400191

5:11

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I Believe In Miracles

Jackson Sisters

Album: Funked! : Volume 2 1973-1977 • Track 3

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Released: 2001-01-01

ISRC: USF067600040

4:50

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Optimistic

Sounds Of Blackness

Album: Evolution Of Gospel • Track 2

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Released: 1991-01-01

ISRC: USPR19104475

5:18

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Someday We'll All Be Free

Donny Hathaway

Album: Extension of a Man • Track 2

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Released: 1973

ISRC: USAT20180578

4:10

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Mighty Long Way

Tye Tribbett

Album: Life • Track 10

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Released: 2004-06-08

ISRC: USSM10403363

4:53

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Fourty Days

Billy Brooks

Album: Windows of the Mind • Track 9

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Released: 1974

ISRC: UKCHV1500109

6:17

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Love Jah's Dub

King Tubby

Album: Ghetto Dub • Track 4

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Released: 2018-06-01

ISRC: FR2X41867783

4:20

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Jah Love Rockers Dub

The Aggrovators

Album: Dubbing At King Tubby's • Track 21

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Released: 2016-06-24

ISRC: USVPR1500346

3:29

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Rain

Sunday Service Choir

Album: Jesus Is Born • Track 4

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Released: 2019-12-25

ISRC: QMGR32062391

4:47

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There is a God Somewhere

Andrew Wartts And The Gospel Storytellers

Album: THERE IS A GOD SOMEWHERE • Track 1

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Released: 2014-04-03

ISRC: QMPKX1425401

4:49

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