Various Artists - Raise Hope for the Congo
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 11:08AM 
Great music and a worthy cause come together in Raise Hope for the Congo, a new charity album featuring an inpressive collection of unreleased tracks from Norah Jones, Damien Rice, Bat For Lashes, Mos Def, Angelique Kidjo, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Amadou & Mariam, Jesca Hoop and many more. Released digitally today via Mercer Street, the eighteen-track album arrives in stores on CD June 22. Nick Harcourt, best known for the KCRW show "Morning Becomes Eclectic", served as "curator" for the project, working with artists and management to secure the rare tracks (full listing after the jump). All of the profits from the sale of the album will go to "help fund critical field research and awareness raising efforts that will work to end the conflict" in the war torn country said to be the most dangerous place on earth for women and girls.
John Prendergast, a prominent human rights activist and author who was the director of African Affairs at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration, says, “One of the principal reasons why there is little international response to the terrible human rights crimes in Congo -- particularly against women and girls -- is that people just don't know that these things are happening. This compilation album will be a beacon to light the path to educating hundreds of thousands of people about the issues in Congo and what all of us can do to help end the suffering there." Highly recommended -- for so many reasons. Visit the website, buy the album, donate.
Norah Jones - "World of Trouble" (from the album Raise Hope for the Congo)
Bat For Lashes - Sleep Alone (Remix) (from the album Raise Hope for the Congo)
Enjoy the streams but please visit the site (or your favorite store) and buy the album!
Raise Hope for the Congo Album Track Listing:
1. Lonely Soldier – Damien Rice
2. Not Immune – Imaad Wasif
3. Angel Mom – Jesca Hoop
4. 40 – Meshell Ndegeocello
5. Je t’aime – Staff Benda Bilili
6. Leila – Angelique Kidjo
7. Na Miso – Chantal Kreviazuk
8. World of Trouble – Norah Jones
9. My Name is Mwamaroyi – Sheryl Crow
10. Don’t Let Me – Amel Larrieux
11. Raise Hope – Omékongo Dibinga & Shahin Shahida
12. Never Again – Ozomatli & The Agahoza Shalom Youth Village
13. Sleep Alone – Bat For Lashes
14. Before You Were Young (Live at Joe’s Pub) – Travis
15. Hora Zero (Live at Wecheter) – Rodrigo y Gabriela
16. Tambara – Amadou & Mariam
17. Nsimba & Nzuzi – Konono No 1
18. Priority (A Cappella) – Mos Def
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