Song of America
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Various Artists
Song of America
[ Thirty One Tigers / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 31 October 2007
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This 50-song, 3-disc album traces the history of the United States through its folk and popular musical traditions. Featuring John Mellencamp, Black Crowes, Devendra Banhart, Andrew Bird, Danielson, Bettye LaVette, Janis Ian, Martha Wainwright, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elizabeth Cook, Kim Richey and more.
'Song of America' is an 50-song, 3-disc album that traces the history of the United States through its folk and popular musical traditions. The idea was the brainchild of former Attorney General Janet Reno, whose premise was that music can be used as a great tool for history teachers to use in conveying the ideals and mores of the American people. She and producer Ed Pettersen (Reno's nephew) approached Thirty Tigers President David Macias (who won a Grammy in 2005 for co-producing "Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster") about collaborating on this project.
Artists participating in the project include John Mellencamp, The Black Crowes, Devendra Banhart, Andrew Bird, Danielson, Bettye LaVette, Janis Ian, Martha Wainwright, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elizabeth Cook, Kim Richey and many others.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Lakota Drum Song - Earl Bullhead 3:08
2. Once More Our God Vouchsafe to Shine - Julie Lee 3:07
3. Let Us Break Bread Together - Five Blind Boys of Alabama 3:49
4. God Save the King - John Wesley Harding 3:49
5. Young Ladies in Town - Elizabeth Foster 3:01
6. The Old Woman Taught Wisdom - Malcolm Holcombe 6:30
7. The Liberty Song - Ed Pettersen 4:59
8. Yankee Doodle - Harper Simon 3:29
9. Jefferson & Liberty - The Wilders 2:10
10. Hail Columbia - Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro 2:56
11. The Star Spangled Banner - Take 6 2:03
12. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Beth Nielsen Chapman 5:09
13. Peg and Awl - Freedy Johnston 4:34
14. Sweet Betsy from Pike - BR5-49 4:23
15. Trail of Tears - Jehnean Day Dawn Washington 4:35
16. Declaration of Sentiments - Minton Sparks 4:34
17. Go Down Moses - Fisk Jubilee Singers 3:43
18. Dixie's Land - Thad Cockrell 6:13
Disc 2:
1. John Brown's Body - Marah 2:40
2. Battle Hymn of the Republic - Joana Smith 5:15
3. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye - Janis Ian 2:09
4. Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay - Tim O'Brien 4:24
5. The Farmer Is the Man - Otis Gibbs 3:03
6. Home on the Range - Joni Harms 4:30
7. Stars & Stripes Forever - Jake Shimabukuro 2:28
8. Sleep My Child - Neilson Hubbard Scholf Mayn Kind 4:47
9. Over There - Jen Chapin 2:31
10. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm - Andrew Bird 5:04
11. Lift Every Voice and Sing - Karen Parks 5:11
12. Happy Days Are Here Again - Danielson 3:05
13. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime - Andy Bey 6:30
14. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat - Jim Lauderdale 2:11
15. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Old Crow Medicine Show 4:56
16. Rosie the Riveter - Suzy Bogguss 2:31
17. Reuben James - Folk Family Robinson 4:04
Disc 3:
1. The Great Atomic Power - The Grascals 2:45
2. Little Boxes - Devendra Banhart 4:08
3. The Times They Are a Changin' - The Del McCoury Band 3:49
4. Apache Tears - Scott Kempner 3:42
5. Get Together - Kim Richey 4:01
6. Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) - Dynamites 4:32
7. Ohio - Ben Taylor 2:40
8. What's Going On? - Anthony David 5:02
9. I Am Woman - Martha Wainwright 3:27
10. Youngstown - Matthew Ryan 4:14
11. Wave - Gary Heffern 4:35
12. The Message - Shorty W.O.P. 6:34
13. Streets of Philadelphia - Bettye LaVette 3:49
14. Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning - The Wrights 5:30
15. This Land Is Your Land - John Mellencamp 4:10
