Bonnie Raitt, Caitlin Cary, David Crosby and Graham Nash are among the artists who have contributed songs to a two-disc singer/songwriter compilation that will raise funds to fight Parkinson's Disease. "ParkinSong, Volume One: 38 Songs of Hope," will be released May 11 via Ryko Distribution.
Produced by Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks, Jimmie Dale Gilmore), the set also features songs by Steve Forbert, Dave Alvin, Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams, Kelly Willis, Alejandro Escovedo, eastmountainsouth and Neko Case, among others.
Some of the songs deal directly with Parkinson's, including Alvin's "The Man in the Bed," written as a tribute to his father. Also included is Tom Russell's "Muhammad Ali."
Proceeds will benefit the New Jersey-based ParkinSong Foundation, which uses music to raise awareness and money to research new and innovative therapies for treatment of Parkinson's Disease. The non-profit organization was founded by the three children of New Jersey schoolteacher Selma Litowitz, who has battled the disease for more than a decade.
The ParkinSong Foundation began with a 2001 benefit concert in Lawrenceville, N.J., where Litowitz taught high school English. Comedian/actor Jon Stewart, a former pupil, hosted the first event, while a second was held the following year in nearby Newtown, Pa. The organization intends to stage higher profile concerts on the East and West Coast later this year, and will begin assembling tracks for a second volume of the compilation.
The track list for ParkinSong, Volume One: 38 Songs of Hope:
Disc one:
"Charlie Brown," Terri Hendrix
"Vivid," Greg Brown
"Cello Girl," Caitlin Cary
"Old Friends," Chuck Prophet
"Forget-Me-Nots," Hot Club Of Cowtown
"Darien," Pete Sears
"I Wish I Was the Moon," Neko Case
"Gold," Jen Chapin
"Lucky Day," Stone Coyotes
"Song for Molly," Lucy Kaplansky
"Carry Me," David Crosby and Graham Nash
"The Man in the Bed," Dave Alvin
"Christmas," Florence Dore
"Castanets," Alejandro Escovedo
"Mark's Song," eastmountainsouth
"Wedding Dress," Ana Egge
"27," Tom Freund
"Don't Lay Down," Catie Curtis
"It's Alright," Sara Hickman
Disc two:
"Fearless Love," Bonnie Raitt
"Beauty Way," Eliza Gilkyson
"The One," Grey Eye Glances
"Let It Go," Richard X. Heyman
"Flood," Last Train Home
"Let Go," Amy Farris
"Right or Wrong," Cindy Kalmenson
"I'll Start with Me," Alice Peacock
"Flagpole," Michelle Malone
"No Judges," Kim Richey
"It's a Shame, You Know," Steve Forbert
"All the Way to Heaven," Amy Rigby
"Walking," Jonatha Brooke
"Muhammad Ali," Tom Russell
"The One Who Knows," Dar Williams
"Like You Used To," Utah Carol
"Miles From Nowhere," Little Pink
"Reason to Believe," Kelly Willis
"That's What I Make Myself Believe," Lowen and Navarro
Produced by Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks, Jimmie Dale Gilmore), the set also features songs by Steve Forbert, Dave Alvin, Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams, Kelly Willis, Alejandro Escovedo, eastmountainsouth and Neko Case, among others.
Some of the songs deal directly with Parkinson's, including Alvin's "The Man in the Bed," written as a tribute to his father. Also included is Tom Russell's "Muhammad Ali."
Proceeds will benefit the New Jersey-based ParkinSong Foundation, which uses music to raise awareness and money to research new and innovative therapies for treatment of Parkinson's Disease. The non-profit organization was founded by the three children of New Jersey schoolteacher Selma Litowitz, who has battled the disease for more than a decade.
The ParkinSong Foundation began with a 2001 benefit concert in Lawrenceville, N.J., where Litowitz taught high school English. Comedian/actor Jon Stewart, a former pupil, hosted the first event, while a second was held the following year in nearby Newtown, Pa. The organization intends to stage higher profile concerts on the East and West Coast later this year, and will begin assembling tracks for a second volume of the compilation.
The track list for ParkinSong, Volume One: 38 Songs of Hope:
Disc one:
"Charlie Brown," Terri Hendrix
"Vivid," Greg Brown
"Cello Girl," Caitlin Cary
"Old Friends," Chuck Prophet
"Forget-Me-Nots," Hot Club Of Cowtown
"Darien," Pete Sears
"I Wish I Was the Moon," Neko Case
"Gold," Jen Chapin
"Lucky Day," Stone Coyotes
"Song for Molly," Lucy Kaplansky
"Carry Me," David Crosby and Graham Nash
"The Man in the Bed," Dave Alvin
"Christmas," Florence Dore
"Castanets," Alejandro Escovedo
"Mark's Song," eastmountainsouth
"Wedding Dress," Ana Egge
"27," Tom Freund
"Don't Lay Down," Catie Curtis
"It's Alright," Sara Hickman
Disc two:
"Fearless Love," Bonnie Raitt
"Beauty Way," Eliza Gilkyson
"The One," Grey Eye Glances
"Let It Go," Richard X. Heyman
"Flood," Last Train Home
"Let Go," Amy Farris
"Right or Wrong," Cindy Kalmenson
"I'll Start with Me," Alice Peacock
"Flagpole," Michelle Malone
"No Judges," Kim Richey
"It's a Shame, You Know," Steve Forbert
"All the Way to Heaven," Amy Rigby
"Walking," Jonatha Brooke
"Muhammad Ali," Tom Russell
"The One Who Knows," Dar Williams
"Like You Used To," Utah Carol
"Miles From Nowhere," Little Pink
"Reason to Believe," Kelly Willis
"That's What I Make Myself Believe," Lowen and Navarro
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