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| | Give US Your Poor | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Appleseed Records | | Release Date : | | 2007-09-25 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Land of 10,000 Homeless - Minnesota - audio documentary set to music
2. Show Me the Way - Jon Bon Jovi & Mighty Sam McClain
3. Baby Don't Let Me Go Homeless - Keb' Mo' & Eagle Park Slim
4. There Is No Good Reason - Natalie Merchant & Friends
5. Hobo's Lullaby - Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger
6. So Lonely - Sonya Kitchell
7. Becky's Tune - Michelle Shocked and Michael Sullivan
8. Walking the Dog - Bonnie Raitt & Weepin' Willie Robinson
9. My Name Is Not `Those People'" (spoken, with music) - Danny Glover
10. I Think It's Going to Rain Today - Madeleine Peyroux
11. Portable Man - Del Goldfarb & John Sebastian
12. Boll Weevil - Dan Zanes & Kyla Middleton
13. Ink Falling (Father Outside)- Buffalo Tom
14. Stranger Blues - Sweet Honey in the Rock
15. 1,000 Miles Away - Jewel
16. Impossible Boulevard (spoken excerpt, with music) - Tim Robbins
17. Feels Like Home - Mario Frangoulis
18. When We Left Minneapolis" (spoken, with music) - Danny Glover
19. "Here and Now" - Mark Erelli
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Varied, staggering, but not just entertainment
Submitted on: 2009-08-18 |
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I got this CD both for the social justice and artistry of music aspects. A lot of social justice CDs are painful to listen to. Looking at the list of artists involved with this one gave me confidence, however, and it was well rewarded. I have only listened to it once so far, and the song that stood out the most was the Bonnie Raitt tune, "Walkin the Dog." But some of the spoken pieces are really moving, especially "My Name is not Those People."
This is not one of those CDs that I will keep two songs from and ditch the CD. This is one that I will listen to for a long time to come, sometimes more just for the music, other times for the spoken pieces. I think it is both well done in the timeless sense, and also timely.
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Heartfelt collection of tunes benefitting a very worthy cause
Submitted on: 2008-05-31 |
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This is an outstanding recording of a live Boston concert featuring some of music's most notable stars who've generously donated the proceeds of this CD to the homeless. We've got the Usual Suspects, folks like Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger (Hobo's Lullaby) to notable bluesman Keb Mo (Baby, Don't Let me Go Homeless), jazz singer Madeline Peyroux (I Think It's Going to Rain Today), and African womens ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock (Stranger Blues).
"Give US Your Poor" is a generational collection which will have something to appeal to just about everyone in the family. The engineering is above par for a live collection--you don't get a lot of audience feedback which can just sound like static after a while. The cause is definitely worthy. This various artists collection is an overlooked gem that I'd strongly recommend you check out.
Rebecca Kyle, May 2008 |
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 revealing and moving portrait of the homeless
Submitted on: 2007-12-18 |
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| Since most Americans consider themselves only two paychecks from sharing the plight of these people , you would think that the problem would garner more attention from local and state offices. This album makes the homeless real, attaching faces and voices to a reality too often ignored. The music is also very well done. |
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Give us Your Poor
Submitted on: 2007-11-25 |
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| Give us Your Poor CD is well worth buying.The singers are all well known.You will love Mario Frangoulis an international artist with a beautiful tenor voice.Music is taken from a comcert held in Boston Bay area which was a smashing success. |
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Give Them Your Support
Submitted on: 2007-10-05 |
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Give Us Your Poor is an album which proceeds go to the direct benefit of the homeless. That noble cause alone could be reason enough to reason enough to but this wonderful CD. If that's not enough than the music on this CD will be. Jim Musselman from the folk label Appleseed has managed to interest some legendary blues men and folkies for this project and got them to team up with some impressive names. Most notably Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen. The first teams up with the Migty Sam McClain on the first Bon Jovi recording that really touched me, the second does a duet with the legendary activist and musician Peete Seeger on Hobo's Lullaby. Bonnie Rait and Keb' Mo' are among the other notable contributers.
Intersected with the songs are the stories of the homeless. Real people explaining how they became homeless or the stories of homeless told by famous actors as Tim Robbins, painting a picture of the dilemma that is as complex as the reality out there. Shocking stories of families, working men and children who live out on the streets of America were set to music. These stories are as captivating as the songs duets on this album.
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