Various Artists Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill

Judee Sill never gained much of an audience during her early-'70s career, even though the likes of Carole King and Joni Mitchell had nearly identical modus operandis and styles. Sill released only two albums, 1971's Judee Sill and 1973's Heart Food, before dying of a heroin and cocaine overdose in 1979, not living long enough to see her music be en vogue covers for the likes of Laurel Canyon-referencing groups like Fleet Foxes and Department of Eagles. Perhaps because of Sill's increased standing among indie-rockers, American Dust is releasing Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, which features covers of Sill's work from the likes of Dan Rossen, Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, Final Fantasy, Marissa Nadler and Ron Sexsmith among others. Rossen's beautiful cover of "Waterfall" is the set's first single, and is indicative of the love that the performers on the album have for Sill's catalog.

Abstract by Andrew Winistorfer