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Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music of Judee Sill features Beth Orton, Ron Sexsmith, Final Fantasy, Marisa Nadler, Frida Hyvönen, and Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear among others covering the songs of folk singer-songwriter Judee Sill. The album will be released on September 22nd.

With the exceptions of Ron Sexsmith’s performance of the album’s title track and The Bye Bye Blackbirds’ take on “There’s A Rugged Road” (my personal favorite of Sill’s songs – Shawn Colvin‘s version is also great), it seems Sill’s music is much better suited to female voices. The other male covers seem flat to me, and I’d much rather listen to Judee’s soft coos and operatic trills. But Beth Orton’s recording of “Reach for the Sky” and Frida Hyvönen’s rendering of “Jesus Was A Cross Maker” (my other favorite Sill song) are particularly good. And the stand out track is “The Kiss” by Marissa Nadler & Black Hole Infinity.

Track list for Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music of Judee Sill:

01 Ron Sexsmith: “Crayon Angel”
02 Beth Orton: “Reach for the Sky”
03 Daniel Rossen: “Waterfall”
04 Frida Hyvönen: “Jesus Was a Cross Maker”
05 Shalants: “Lopin Along Thru the Cosmos”
06 Final Fantasy: “The Donor”
07 Nicolai Dunger: “Soldier of the Heart”
08 Trembling Blue Stars: “Lady-O”
09 Colossal Yes: “The Phoenix”
10 Marissa Nadler & Black Hole Infinity: “The Kiss”
11 Princeton: “Down Where the Valleys Are Low”
12 The Bye Bye Blackbirds: “There’s a Rugged Road”
13 Meg Baird: “When the Bridegroom Comes”
14 Bill Callahan: “For a Rainbow”
15 P.G. Six: “Til Dreams Come True”

Daniel Rossen – Waterfall (mp3) *

*mp3 posted w/ permission of Forcefield PR

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