California folk singer (and the first person signed to David Geffen’s Asylum label) Judee Sill died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 35. Before that, she released two beautiful, highly worth-checking-out collections, Judee Sill in 1971 and Heart Food in 1973. Grizzly Bear/Department Of Eagle Dan Rossen, though, chose a track from disc two of the 2005 Jim O’Rourke-produced demo and rarities collection Dreams Come True as his contribution to the forthcoming American Dust will release Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. Nice decision … he very much makes it his own.
Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill is out 9/22 via American Dust. Fleet Foxes have covered the eponymous “Crayon Angel,” but oddly don’t appear on the collection. Here’s the tracklist:
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”
Here’s Judee doing “Jesus Was A Crossmaker” herself:
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win.
judee sill is so amazing. “the kiss” is one of the greatest recordings ever.
this man is not capable of producing a bad cover song.
All this time I must’ve been living under a rock. I usually never say this but.. thanks stereogum.
I hope the rest of the covers are this good. I’d especially hate to hear The Kiss get butchered.
Dan Rossen cover album? Yes, please.
Judee Sill was a great artist and I hope these cool bands will help turn some new fans onto her. I’m particularly looking forward to the Nadler track “The Kiss” because it matches a terrific song with a wonderful artist who has proven highly adept at covering great songwriters in the past. The Turtles covered “Lady-O” in the past and handled it very well, it will be interesting to see how that song is handled here.
Judee is really amazing.
Dan Rossen, marry me.
Hissing of Summer Lawns…not everyday listening but unique…bringing on the movie with Anne Hathaway!
Biopics are almost always useless…bunch of dickheads on autostroke…
I’d do anything for Dan Rossen. Anything.
Scary
Beautiful. This made my day :-)