Description:
Two years in the making, this fund-raising CD created by Appleseed Recordings and the national Give US Your Poor organization at UMass Bostons McCormack Graduate School brings together established musicians, socially committed actors and currently or previously homeless musicians in a collection of mostly exclusive new recordings that address the ongoing crisis of homelessness in America. Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger, Jon Bon Jovi, Madeleine Peyroux, Bonnie Raitt are just a few of the artist included in this collection. Track Listing: Land of 10,000 Homeless - Minnesota - audio documentary set to music/Show Me the Way - Jon Bon Jovi & Mighty Sam McClain/Baby Don`t Let Me Go Homeless - Keb` Mo` & Eagle Park Slim/There Is No Good Reason - Natalie Merchant & Friends/Hobo`s Lullaby - Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger/So Lonely - Sonya Kitchell/Becky`s Tune - Michelle Shocked and Michael Sullivan/Walking the Dog - Bonnie Raitt & Weepin` Willie Robinson/My Name Is Not `Those People`" (spoken, with music) - Danny Glover/I Think It`s Going to Rain Today - Madeleine Peyroux/Portable Man - Del Goldfarb & John Sebastian/Boll Weevil - Dan Zanes & Kyla Middleton/Ink Falling (Father Outside)- Buffalo Tom/Stranger Blues - Sweet Honey in the Rock/1,000 Miles Away - Jewel/Impossible Boulevard (spoken excerpt, with music) - Tim Robbins/Feels Like Home - Mario Frangoulis/When We Left Minneapolis" (spoken, with music) - Danny Glover/ "Here and Now" - Mark Erelli. (Appleseed)
