Celebrities Create The Best Friends 25th Anniversary Collection
March 5, 2009 by Paris and John
Filed under Celebrity Dog News, News
Two dozen top recording artists have created “Giving Animals a Voice through Music: The Best Friends 25th Anniversary Collection.” This double CD, which was two years in the making, will debut on March 11 and proceeds from the sale of the album will go to Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization based in Utah, and selected animal rescue groups in Vermont.
“All of the musicians featured were more than willing to become involved with the project,” said Dexter K. Brown, a musician/producer himself who, along with Carol Scafuro founded the Vermont-based Animal Media Foundation. “All of our artists love animals and their music reaches out to animal lovers across the United States who are interested in good contemporary music.”
One of the CDs was produced by Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, who hand-picked 12 artists from the new-age-jazz-instrumental world, including Eugene Friesen of The Paul Winter Consort, and electric violinist Tracy Silverman.
Brown produced the other CD, which he describes as “an upbeat, contemporary recording … with a really positive, energetic vibe that prevails throughout … I couldn’t have been happier with the way both recordings turned out.”
Best Friends Animal Society, which will receive 50 percent of the album’s proceeds, is best known as operating the nation’s largest companion animal sanctuary in southwestern Utah, and for having rescued approximately 6,000 dogs and cats in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Best Friends is also the home 20 of the dogs rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting case, and is the subject of a national television series “DogTown,” which airs on the National Geographic Channel.
Top names on the project include Neko Case, Emmylou Harris, Cyndi Lauper, and John Oates. Best Friends, which hosts an annual Hollywood gala fund raiser, has had a longtime relationship with Emmylou Harris, who performed at the “Lint Roller Party” last November at the Hollywood Palladium. Neko Case, one of the best known current stars performing on the CD, also has close ties to Best Friends.
For more information:
- visit http://celebrate.bestfriends.org/news/animal-tracks.aspx
- listen to sample cuts at http://www.animalmedia.org/index.php/store
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