Dark Was The Night

Very nice compilation put out by redhot.org to raise money for AIDS research. They've done some excellent ones in the past as well.

32 tracks. Good music for a good cause.

http://www.redhot.org/
http://www.darkwasthenight.com/

Review:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12717-dark-was-the-night/

Track List:

THIS DISC
1 Knotty Pine – Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
2 Cello Song (Nick Drake) – The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
3 Train Song (Vashti Bunyan recorded, written by Alasdair Clayre) – Feist + Ben Gibbard
4 Brackett, WI – Bon Iver
5 Deep Blue Sea – Grizzly Bear
6 So Far Around the Bend – The National (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
7 Tightrope – Yeasayer
8 Feeling Good (popularized by Nina Simone) – My Brightest Diamond
9 Dark Was the Night (Blind Willie Johnson) – Kronos Quartet
10 I Was Young When I Left Home (Bob Dylan) – Antony + Bryce Dessner
11 Big Red Machine – Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12 Sleepless – The Decemberists
13 Stolen Houses (Die) – Iron and Wine
14 Service Bell – Grizzly Bear + Feist
15 You Are The Blood – Sufjan Stevens

THAT DISC
1 Well-Alright – Spoon
2 Lenin – Arcade Fire
3 Mimizan – Beirut
4 El Caporal – My Morning Jacket
5 Inspiration Information (Shuggie Otis) – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6 With A Girl Like You (The Troggs) – Dave Sitek
7 Blood Pt 2 (based on original song "You are the Blood" by the Castanets) – Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
8 Hey, Snow White (Destroyer) – The New Pornographers
9 Gentle Hour (Snapper) – Yo La Tengo
10 Another Saturday (traditional song) – Stuart Murdoch
11 Happiness – Riceboy Sleeps
12 Amazing Grace (traditional song) – Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13 The Giant Of Illinois (Handsome Family) – Andrew Bird
14 Lua – Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch
15 When the Road Runs Out – Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16 Love vs. Porn – Kevin Drew

Originally posted by rbmorris
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne

Originally posted by darvlay
This is an intriguing collaboration.

Sounds good, will check it out.. cheers.

Originally posted by Palynka
It's on youtube, if you are curious enough to check it out at home.

YouTube

Bought it and am really enjoying it, thanks for the info!

Aye, this looks intriguing enough for actual purchase. Plus we can all cure AIDS or something.

Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
Aye, this looks intriguing enough for actual purchase. Plus we can all cure AIDS or something.

Originally posted by Palynka
You have a star?!? 😲

Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
Aye, this looks intriguing enough for actual purchase. Plus we can all cure AIDS or something.

Thought this was about the song by Blind Wilie Johnson. Dark was the Night - Cold was the Ground

Originally posted by rbmorris
Sorry, my original post wasn't clear.

This is to raise money for AIDS weapons.

Originally posted by badmoon
Thought this was about the song by Blind Wilie Johnson. Dark was the Night - Cold was the Ground

Originally posted by badmoon
Thought this was about the song by Blind Wilie Johnson. Dark was the Night - Cold was the Ground

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
Did you miss this?
9 Dark Was the Night (Blind Willie Johnson) – Kronos Quartet

I have to wonder what that sounds like. I wasn't crazy about the Kronos album with Monk tunes, but I found the one covering Bill Evans likeable.

I came here thinking it was the Allen Lowe album where he covers it with Roswell Rudd 🙂