2010/2011 Gift Of Music

Soul Tree Records uploaded the 2010/2011 GIFT OF MUSIC the other day. If you aren't familiar with this project, it's basically musicians doing requested covers to raise money for the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Each year money is given to charity, and individuals get the gift of having a song of their choice covered by an artist. And of course the songs are all uploaded for anyone to download for FREE. You can find MORE INFORMATION about the project over on the website.

I'm not going to review all the songs entered, but I will list a few of my favorites. It's kind of hard to review & judge people when they all had very different songs to cover. You should head over to Soul Tree Records to find your own favorites though.

Spin's Top 4:
(Right Click "Save As" on the song title for a MP3 of their entry.)

1. Tuuur covering "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" by The Dandy Warhols

2. Deetak covering "More Today Than Yesterday" by Spiral Starecase

3. Eddiebangs covering "Stella" by Ida Maria

4. Kevin Savino-Riker covering "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs" by Tomorrow (with Keith West)

Pretty Cool:
(Head over to Soul Tree Records to listen to these songs.)

Bad Boys At Bat Mitzvahs covering "The House Carpenter"

Chris Cogott covering "Remains Of A Heart" by John Brodeur

Billy's Little Trip covering "Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection

Balance Lost covering "Divine" by Sebastien Tellier

Caravan Ray covering "Seven ChinesBrothers" by REM