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SONG OF AMERICA
A unique 50-song, three-CD set envisioned by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and artist/producer Ed Pettersen. The history of America through song, from 1492 through modern times. These new versions of beloved songs interpreted by contemporary artists who span the folk, blues, rock, R&B, country, classical and hip-hop genres offer a way to connect with America's vast musical and cultural heritage. John Mellencamp, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bettye LaVette, Harper Simon, Del McCoury, The Black Crowes' Robinson brothers, more.
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Contents:

Disc 1:

  1. Earl Bullhead - Lakota Dream Song
  2. Julie Lee - Once More Our God Vouchsafe to Shine
  3. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Let Us Break Bread Together
  4. John Wesley Harding - God Save the King
  5. Elizabeth Foster - Young Ladies in Town
  6. Malcom Holcombe - The Old Woman Taught Wisdom
  7. Ed Pettersen - The Liberty Song
  8. Harper Simon - Yankee Doodle
  9. The Wilders - Jefferson & Liberty
  10. Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro - Hail Columbia
  11. Take 6 - The Star Spangled Banner
  12. Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  13. Freedy Johnston - Peg and Awl
  14. BR549 - Sweet Betsy From Pike
  15. Will & Jehnean - Trail of Tears
  16. Minton Sparks / Pat Flynn - Declaration of Sentiments
  17. Fisk Jubilee Singers - Go Down Moses
  18. The Mavericks featuring Thad Cockrell - Dixie's Land

Disc 2:

  1. Marah - John Brown's Body
  2. Joanna Smith - Battle Hymn of the Republic
  3. Janis Ian - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
  4. Tim O'Brien - Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay
  5. Otis Gibbs - The Farmer is the Man
  6. Joni Harms - Home on the Range
  7. Jake Shimabukuro - Stars & Stripes Forever
  8. Judith Edelman & Neilson Hubbard - Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind)
  9. Jen Chapin - Over There
  10. Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm
  11. Karen Parks - Lift Every Voice and Sing!
  12. Danielson - Happy Days Are Here Again
  13. Andy Bey - Brother Can Spare a Dime?
  14. Jim Lauderdale - Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
  15. Old Crow Medicine Show - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
  16. Suzy Bogguss - Rosie the Riveter
  17. Folk Family Robinson - Reuben James

Disc 3:

  1. Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals - The Great Atomic Power
  2. Devendra Banhart - Little Boxes
  3. The Del McCoury Band - The Times They Are A-Changin'
  4. Scott Kempner - Apache Tears
  5. Kim Richey - Get Together
  6. The Dynamites with Charles Walker - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
  7. Ben Taylor - Ohio
  8. Anthony David - What's Going On?
  9. Martha Wainwright - I Am Woman
  10. Matthew Ryan - Youngstown
  11. Gary Heffern & Chris Eckman - Wave
  12. Shortee - The Message
  13. Bettye LaVette - Streets of Philadelphia
  14. The Wrights - Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning
  15. John Mellencamp - This Land is Your Land

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