Cult '70s songstress Judee Sill may not be well-known, but that is bound to change with the September 22 release of Crayon Angel: A Tribute to The Music Of Judee Sill via American Dust. The tribute album should expose Sill, who was the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, to a larger audience, one she never found on her own before dying of a drug overdose in 1979. While the album is mostly covers of Sill songs by artists like Nicholai Dunger, Ron Sexsmith and Final Fantasy, it also features a pair of songs that have been previously unreleased until now. Bill Callahan provides the first known recording of "Like a Rainbow" (co-written with Sill's former boyfriend/L. Frank Baum descendant Lal Baum), and Beth Orton takes on the never-recorded "Reach For The Sky." Can't wait another week? You can stream Orton's contribution to the collection here. Track List for Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music Of Judee Sill: 01. Crayon Angel- Ron Sexsmith 02. Reach For The Sky- Beth Orton 03. Waterfall- Daniel Rossen 04. Jesus Was A Cross Maker- Frida Hyvönen 05. Lopin Along Thru The Cosmos- Shalants 06. The Donor- Final Fantasy 07. Soldier Of The Heart- Nicolai Dunger 08. Lady-O- Trembling Blue Stars 09. The Phoenix- Colossal Yes 10. The Kiss- Marissa Nadler And Black Hole Infinity 11. Down Where The Valleys Are Low- Princeton 12. There's A Rugged Road- The Bye Bye Blackbirds 13. When The Bridegroom Comes- Meg Baird 14. Like A Rainbow- Bill Callahan 15. Til Dreams Come True- P.G. Six www.americandust.net
