Eddie Vedder, Fiona Apple, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, Sharon Van Etten and the Lumineers are among the many artists contributing covers to Coronary heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Younger, the primary quantity of which will probably be launched April 25 via Cinema Music Group and Killphonic Data. All proceeds will profit the Bridge Faculty, which Younger and his late spouse Pegi based within the Bay Space for kids with extreme speech and bodily disabilities.
The primary two tracks from the gathering are out now: Courtney Barnett’s tackle Lotta Love” and Chris Pierce’s rendition of “Southern Man.” Says Barnett, “‘Lotta Love’ is one in all my favourite Neil songs and the lyrics really feel particularly related at this second in historical past. It’s an actual honor to be a part of this tribute serving to to lift funds for the Bridge Faculty.”
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Provides Pierce, who beforehand opened for Younger, “time and time once more, I’m reminded of the facility of Neil Younger’s songs. I’m reminded each time I spin one in all his albums at residence [and] when his songs play on the radio, and this was significantly evident after I just lately had the glory of being the opening act for his solo tour.”
Elsewhere, Vedder affords a dwell recording of “The Needle and the Injury Carried out,” whereas Apple covers the compilation’s title monitor and the Doobie Brothers staff with Allison Russell for “Comes a Time.”
A second quantity of Coronary heart of Gold will probably be introduced quickly. Click on right here to preorder quantity one.
Right here is the monitor record for Coronary heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Younger:
Brandi Carlile – “Philadelphia”
Fiona Apple – “Coronary heart of Gold”
Mumford & Sons – “Harvest”
Eddie Vedder – “The Needle and the Injury Carried out”
Courtney Barnett – “Lotta Love”
Stephen Marley – “Previous Man”
Sharon Van Etten – “Right here We Are within the Years”
Lumineers – “Sugar Mountain”
The Doobie Brothers with Allison Russell – “Comes a Time”
Steve Earle – “Lengthy Might You Run”
Rodney Crowell – “Mr. Soul”
Anders Osborne – “Cowgirl within the Sand”
Charlie Greene – “Such a Girl”
Chris Pierce – “Southern Man”
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