New Bob Dylan Tribute – 4 Albums to benefit 50th Anniversary of Amnesty International

A new Bob Dylan tribute album, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, released yesterday and features covers of 75 of Dylan’s songs by 80 artists! The new compilation features a wide variety of young artists giving us their take on some of Dylan’s classics with ALL profits going to benefit Amnesty International in their human rights mission! Artists range from Flogging Molly to Taj Mahal and Rise Against to Miley Cyrus. Queens of the Stone Age covering “Outlaw Blues”? Mariachi El Bronx covering “Love Sick”? Punk legends Bad Religion covering “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue”? You have my attention! Check out more info about the 4-album release including a full tracklist and information about Amnesty International after the jump..

Bob Dylan has long been associated with political and social issues and his songs became synonymous with the protest movements in the 1960’s. Today, his politically charged rhetoric has been used by the “Occupy” movements and in major political protests throughout the world. ..And given the current state of politics in our country and elsewhere maybe it isn’t a major suprise that so many young musicians would take so quickly to the idea of a Dylan trubute album. But Ke$ha covering “Don’t Think Twice”? Definitely didn’t see that coming.

Josh Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age who covered Dylan’s “Outlaw Blues” on Chimes of Freedom, in a recent interview spoke about his involvement in the project: “When so many people hear your voice, you just feel like it’s time to start saying something that should be heard, …. I’ve done so much press over the years. It’s great to talk about a new record and it’s a beautiful thing to make one, but it’s something else to be part of something that helps human rights…. At some point it starts to turn around and you feel like you finally have enough power to do something. If you don’t do something to help somebody else, then you’re using that power for the wrong reason.”

One thing is for sure, this album is chalked full of great artists covering one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

 

Check out a few tracks from the album:

Queens of the Stone Age – “Outlaw Blues”

Bad Religion – “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”

Miley Cyrus – “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”

 

You can stream clips from the album right now on Amnesty International’s Facebook Page, just click “like”.

You can purchase the album here.

You can also donate to Amnesty International on their website.

 

Full Tracklist:

DISC ONE

01 Raphael Saadiq – “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”
02 Patti Smith – “Drifter’s Escape”
03 Rise Against – “Ballad of Hollis Brown”
04 Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman – “Blind Willie McTell”
05 Pete Townshend – “Corrina, Corrina”
06 Bettye LaVette – “Most Of The Time”
07 Charlie Winston – “This Wheel’s On Fire”
08 Diana Krall – “Simple Twist of Fate”
09 Brett Dennen – “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”
10 Mariachi El Bronx – “Love Sick”
11 Ziggy Marley – “Blowin’ In The Wind”
12 The Gaslight Anthem – “Changing of the Guards”
13 Silversun Pickups – “Not Dark Yet”
14 My Morning Jacket – “You’re A Big Girl Now”
15 The Airborne Toxic Event – “Boots of Spanish Leather”
16 Sting – “Girl from the North Country”
17 Mark Knopfler – “Restless Farewell”

DISC TWO

01 Queens Of The Stone Age – “Outlaw Blues”
02 Lenny Kravitz – “Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35?
03 Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli – “One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)”
04 Blake Mills – “Heart Of Mine”
05 Miley Cyrus – “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”
06 Billy Bragg – “Lay Down Your Weary Tune”
07 Elvis Costello – “License To Kill”
08 Angelique Kidjo – “Lay, Lady, Lay”
09 Natasha Bedingfield – “Ring Them Bells”
10 Jackson Browne – “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”
11 Joan Baez – “Seven Curses (Live)”
12 The Belle Brigade – “No Time To Think”
13 Sugarland – “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (Live)”
14 Jack’s Mannequin – “Mr. Tambourine Man”
15 Oren Lavie – “4th Time Around”
16 Sussan Deyhim – “All I Really Want To Do”
17 Adele – “Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)”

DISC THREE

01 K’NAAN – “With God On Our Side”
02 Ximena Sariñana – “I Want You”
03 Neil Finn with Pajama Club – “She Belongs to Me”
04 Bryan Ferry – “Bob Dylan’s Dream”
05 Zee Avi – “Tomorrow Is A Long Time”
06 Carly Simon – “Just Like a Woman”
07 Flogging Molly – “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
08 Fistful Of Mercy – “Buckets Of Rain”
09 Joe Perry – “Man Of Peace”
10 Bad Religion – “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”
11 My Chemical Romance – “Desolation Row (Live)”
12 RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat – “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
13 Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren – “Abandoned Love”
14 Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales – “New Morning”
15 Cage the Elephant – “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”
16 Band of Skulls – “It Ain’t Me, Babe”
17 Sinéad O’Connor – “Property Of Jesus”
18 Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project – “Shelter From The Storm”
19 Ke$ha – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”
20 Kronos Quartet – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”

DISC FOUR

01 Maroon 5 – “I Shall Be Released”
02 Carolina Chocolate Drops – “Political World”
03 Seal & Jeff Beck – “Like A Rolling Stone”
04 Taj Mahal – “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”
05 Dierks Bentley – “Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)”
06 Mick Hucknall – “One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)”
07 Thea Gilmore – “I’ll Remember You”
08 State Radio – “John Brown”
09 Dave Matthews Band – “All Along the Watchtower (Live)”
10 Michael Franti – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
11 We Are Augustines – “Mama, You Been On My Mind”
12 Lucinda Williams – “Tryin’ To Get To Heaven”
13 Kris Kristofferson – “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)”
14 Eric Burdon – “Gotta Serve Somebody”
15 Evan Rachel Wood – “I’d Have You Anytime”
16 Marianne Faithfull – “Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)”
17 Pete Seeger – “Forever Young”
18 Bob Dylan – “Chimes Of Freedom”