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.
Dan Rossen - "Waterfall" (MP3)
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:
