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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many musicians have used their platforms to try to deliver some much-needed relief. Some have donated money, others have announced benefit concerts — now, joining those efforts is a massive compilation album featuring 135 previously-unreleased tracks from artists like R.E.M., Jeff Tweedy & Karly Hartzman, Jason Isbell, Fleet Foxes, Waxahatchee, Sylvan Esso, and many more.
Titled Cardinals at the Window, the compilation was officially released today, and is now available to purchase on Bandcamp. Curated by three North Carolina natives — musician and community organizer Libby Rodenbough, New Commute founder David Walker, and music journalist Grayson Haver Currin — the album will raise funds for three organizations: Rural Organizing and Resilience, BeLoved Asheville, and the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
Across its 135 tracks, Cardinals at the Window features a combination of new recordings and previously-unreleased live tracks. In addition to the aforementioned artists, the compilation’s stacked lineup includes MJ Lenderman, The War on Drugs, Phish, Lonnie Holley, Feist, Little Brother, Archers of Loaf, Iron & Wine, The Avett Brothers, Angel Olsen, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tyler Childers, Dawes, Deer Tick, The Nude Party, Tim Heidecker, Kevin Morby, Real Estate, the Mountain Goats, Hotline TNT, The Decemberists, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and more. Check out the complete tracklist below.
Speaking about the project, Rodenbough — who was on tour in Massachusetts when the storm hit — said, “There were just so many folks who, like us, had witnessed the destruction of these holy places from the outside and felt their hearts trying to break out of their chests. It was instant, the way people signed on. They also feel what I feel, that these mountains are the cradle of some deep and ineffable magic.”
Continuing, Rodenbough reflected on the hope instilled by artists when they come together for projects like this. “In the aftermath of a ‘natural disaster,’ it’s important to situate this manifestation of ecological collapse within a history of inequitable exploitation of land and people,” she said. “This is a region that has suffered in the name of human progress for a long time. I hope we’re going to take this opportunity to start building a different kind of world in Western North Carolina and beyond.”
A number of other artists have announced benefit concerts to raise money for Hurricane Helene relief efforts, including Sturgill Simpson, Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings, James Taylor, and others. For more, read about how you can help the independent music venues that were impacted by Hurricane Helene.
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Cardinals at the Window Tracklist:
01. Harmonia’s Dream (Live from New York) – The War on Drugs
02. Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow (Live At Echo Mountain) – Angel Olsen
03. Hard Times – Sluice
04. Nature’s Child – S.G. Goodman (feat. Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
05. Smilin’ – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
06. Hey Heron – Rosali
07. Vapor Ascensus – Luke Schneider
08. Blue Ridge Mountains (Live from The Spring Recital) – Fleet Foxes
09. We Live Inside A Dream – Floating Action
10. Daylily (Demo) – The Dead Tongues
11. Is There a Doctor in the House? – Lambchop
12. King of Birds (Live in Greensboro, 1989) – R.E.M.
13. The Way – Little Brother (feat. BeMyFiasco x Denaine Jones)
14. Untitled – Yasmin Williams
15. Night Divers – Setting
16. Flotsam – Magic Tuber Stringband
17. The Carolina Lady – Weirs
18. Bus Route (Live) – Tyler Childers
19. Wrecking Ball – Waxahatchee
20. TK REDACTED TK
21. Electric Trible – Oak City Slums
22. Corner Pocket (Small Pond Sessions) – Shirlette Ammons
23. Running (Live at Drop of Sun) – Helado Negro
24. Near a Thousand Tables – William Tyler
25. On the Wind – Sylvie
26. Talking To Me – John Andrew & The Yawns
27. Your Tender Loving Care – Keven Louis Lareau
28. Levon’s Bark – Spencer Cullum, Sean Thompson & Rich Ruth
29. Route 9 Falls – Geologist & D.S.
30. Lovers On the Turnpike – Daniel Bachman
31. Cheap Coffee (Live) – The Avett Brothers
32. Rainy Day – Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band
33. Children of Children (Live At The Ryman 10/15/17) – Jason Isbell
34. Haunted House – Dawes & Hiss Golden Messenger
35. Time To Leave – Deer Tick
36. Fallin’ Rain – The Nude Party
37. Property (Live at Dynasty Typewriter) – Tim Heidecker
38. Arctic Halo – Chuck Johnson
39. Music Laughter Episode Track 78 – Laraaji
40. Minor Suite – Universal Light
41. Borrow Trouble (Demo) – Feist
42. American Holly – Kevin Morby
43. How Hard It Is For Desert To Die (Live from Solid Sound) – Jeff Tweedy (feat. Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman)
44. Cornfields – Mipso
45. Distant Blue – Danny Paul Grody
46. Pink Sky – Real Estate
47. Long Leaf Overtime (iPhone Demo) – Real Companion
48. Long, Long, Long – Sam Evian
49. Ashes On the Lawn – The Go-Betweens
50. Easy and Down – M. Duffy
51. Hungry & Croaking – Indigo De Souza
52. Take My Strong Hand – BeMyFiasco
53. For Vibraphone and Tapes – Marta Salogni
54. NYC – Pachyman
55. Lean Closer To Me Now – Skylar Gudasz
56. Bulldog – Lou Hazel
57. The Gift (Demo) – Blue Cactus
58. Gadarene (Tarboro) – Nathan Bowles
59. Baggage (Live, 2018) – Drive-By Truckers
60. Pianos – MJ Lenderman
61. Crier (Live at Red Rocks 5/9/24) – American Aquarium
62. Certain Songs (Live at 9:30 Club) – The Hold Steady
63. Dovetail (Get Down Version) – H.C. McEntire
64. 5am (Live from Moodright’s) – Futurebirds
65. The Highlands of the Heart – Fust
66. Marion – Joseph Allred
67. Oh What a Beautiful Morning – Libby Rodenbough
68. Belvedere – Uwade
69. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Iron & Wine
70. New Lost Ages (A Parkway Session, from Asheville) – Tyler Ramsey
71. Say What You Like (Live at Massey Hall) – Bahamas
72. Swannanoa (Demo Version) – Water Liars
73. Bob Wills Stomp (Live at Nightlight 7.26.22) – Joseph Decosimo & Jake Xerxes Fussell
74. Tonky’s Rocket Ship – Lonnie Holley (with Jacknife Lee)
75. My Friend – Sophie Thatcher
76. Strep Season – Riggings
77. Ighre Massina (Live at Madame Lou’s) – Etran De L’Aïr
78. Hand of Death – the Mountain Goats
79. Wild Loneliness (Live for the Current) – Superchunk
80. Great Holding Down – Archers of Loaf
81. Candle – Hotline TNT
82. Baby Me (Demo) – Karly Hartzman
83. Finally Rain (Live in St. Louis) – Squirrel Flower
84. Street Scene (Live at Shadowbox) – Object Hours
85. Freight Train (From DR Byen) – Adeem The Artist
86. Bigger Than the Work – Sy Smith
87. John Frusciante’s Trailer House – Hayden Pedigo
88. Lightning in the Water (Live at the Historic Dry Creek Cafe 10/17/21) – Little Mazarn & Jonathan Horne
89. Monuments – Carpenter / Cohen
90. Summerland – Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC
91. Me and I – Christopher Paul Stelling
92. Shine a Light (Solo Piano) – Matthew E. White
93. MEQZ – James Elkington
94. Super 8 – Rich Ruth
95. Only One (Zo! & Tall Black Guy Remix) – Darien Brockington
96. One More – Sylvan Esso
97. Silverpieces – Sonny Miles
98. U.D.O. – pat junior
99. Potential – Flock of Dimes
100. Starlight Motel – Fancy Gap
101. Slip Up – Carlitta Durand
102. No Good Reason – Wye Oak
103. Another Sunset – Eric Slick
104. The Blues II – RIBS
105. Loser – Lydia Loveless
106. Don’t Put Me In The Middle – Julianna Riolino
107. I’ll See You Tomorrow – Mary Lattimore
108. PB Yards – BCNC
109. Ex Winter – Wood Ear
110. Dayenu (Live) – Eli Winter Trio
111. Honey Bird’s Power Outage – Little Wings
112. Weather – Sharon Van Etten
113. Mad Man – Boulevards
114. Can’t Turn Around (Nicolay’s Hostile Takeover Mix) – The Foreign Exchange
115. Alone Together – Daughter of Swords
116. Hypnotized (Live from Brooklyn) – Tune-Yards
117. Across the Wire (Live from Tollhaus) – Calexico
118. William Fitzwilliam (Live) – The Decemberists
119. Sad And Familiar – Bill Orcutt
120. small talk between friends – Ethan Baechtold
121. Harvest Moon – Watchhouse
122. Dancing and Keening (My Body is a Part of the Earth) – Sarah Louise
123. So Much Vibe in the World (A Sweet Pond Nug) – Wet Tuna
124. JJ Fale – Sunburned Hand of the Man with Mazozma
125. A Little Spanish Delight – David Michael Moore
126. Four Divided By One – Les Savy Fav
127. Sunrise at Sunset – Six Organs of Admittance
128. Rushing Airglow – Mind Over Mirrors
129. Wicked Little Dream – Eric Bachmann
130. Sky Blue Aster (Homegrown Version) – Wooden Wand
131. Wipe Your Eyes and See – Edsel Axle
132. Three – House Band
133. Chameleon Paint (Live at Lincoln Hall) – Tropical Fuck Storm
134. Change (Demo 4) – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
135. Sand (Live at Reynolds Coliseum, 1999) – Phish
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