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Bill Callahan, Marissa Nadler, Final Fantasy, and Beth Orton Appear on Judee Sill Tribute Comp

5:01 p.m. · May 19, 2009 · by Matthew Richardson

Judee Sill was the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum Records in the way back long ago, and released two LPs, Judee Sill in 1971 and Heart Food in 1973, before, like a true artist, she disappeared and died of a drug overdose in 1979.

Excuse the cliche, but despite that unpleasantness Sill's music is still alive, and to testify to that fact American Dust is putting out Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill this fall. Appearing on the tribute compilation include Bill Callahan, Marissa Nadler and Black Hole Infinity, Final Fantasy, Beth Orton, Frida Hyvonen, Ron Sexsmith, Colossal Yes (members of Six Organs of Admittance and Comets on Fire), Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, Meg Baird, and Nicolai Dunger. The compilation even includes two songs written by Sill, for which only sheet music and lyrics, but no known recordings exist. That's deep, right?

Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill is out on American Dust Sept. 22. Tracklisting below.

Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill

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"

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