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Mission Street Project : Make Levees
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Contemporary folk songs of social and political relevance
Genre: Folk: Modern Folk
Release Date: 2008
Make Levees
Mission Street Project
Record Label: Hudson Harding
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. My America - Anne Hills 4:14 Album Only
2. Do They Know About Me - David Roth 3:59 Album Only
3. Make Levees Not War - Pat Wictor 3:28 Album Only
4. Atticus Taught Me - Cary Cooper 3:18 Album Only
5. Heroes Are Falling - Eric Hansen 3:34 Album Only
6. Call Me Home - Beth Wood 3:44 Album Only
7. How To Talk To A Republican - Tom Kimmel 3:34 Album Only
8. Tonight He\'s Gonna Die - Chris Rosser 3:31 Album Only
9. Will You Ever Come Home - Victoria Vox 2:37 Album Only
10. Trail of Tears - Tom Prasada-Rao 3:44 Album Only
11. When The War Is Won - Laurie MacAllister 3:41 Album Only
12. There\'s A Place - Andy Fox 3:16 Album Only
13. A Patriot\'s Act - Anne Feeney 3:58 Album Only
14. Our Radio - Dave Potts 3:07 Album Only
15. The Mine - Michelle Dalziel 4:09 Album Only
16. Beneath Our Christmas Tree - Bonnie Lee Panda 4:02 Album Only
17. Cut \'em Down - John M. 4:18 Album Only
18. Born in the USA - Erik Balkey 3:44 Album Only
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Release: MISSION STREET PROJECT - Make Levees


In 2006 the first collection from Mission Street Project titled “Liberty Tree” was released. Peter Yarrow called the collection “important, very important.” Volume 2, “Make Levees,” features 18 songs performed by 18 different performers and touches on topics of social and political relevance.

All songs written or co-written by Erik Balkey with Kate Graves (track 2), Pat Wictor (tracks 3 and 11), Amy Speace (track 9), Tom Prasada-Rao (track 10), Jonathan Byrd (track 13 and 18) and Dave Potts (track 14). “Born in the U.S.A.” written by Bruce Springsteen.

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Make levees
author: Ian Charles
                            
Well worth buying this album for two reasons - a) to hear some of Erik Balkey's new songs and b) to hear some artists I've never ever heard of sing some great songs. Some really good work here and one of the best American folk albums I've heard in a long time.
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