Day Of The Dead out now! Listen to interview with The Dessner Brothers on the special project (4AD)

Watch the full interview here: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-national-aaron-bryce-dessner-release-tribute-album-to-grateful-dead/

Day Of The Dead – A Grateful Dead Tribute Album was released on Friday, and the two Dessner brothers got together to speak to CBS about the enormous project, aimed to help raise funds for Red Hot Organization in their efforts to fight AIDS/HIV.

More about the album below:

Day of the Dead was created and curated by brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks and is almost 6 hours long.

The compilation is available digitally, on a 5 X CD, and as a limited edition vinyl boxed set. All profits will help fight for AIDS/ HIV and related health issues around the world through the Red Hot Organization, a 501(c)3.

This is the 20^th album of original music produced by Red Hot to further its mission. Day of the Dead is the follow up to 2009’s Dark Was The Night (4AD), a 32-track, multi-artist compilation also produced by Aaron and Bryce for Red Hot. Dark Was The Night has raised over 1.5 million dollars for the organizations fighting AIDS to date.

Produced by Aaron Dessner, and co-produced by Bryce Dessner and Josh Kaufman, many of the 59 tracks feature an all-star house band made up of Aaron, Bryce, fellow National bandmates and brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf, Josh Kaufman, and Conrad Doucette along with Sam Cohen and Walter Martin. The record shows the broad reaching impact and legacy of the Grateful Dead both culturally and musically.

DIGITAL TRACK LISTING:

“Thunder” (Vol.1)

1. Touch of Grey – The War on Drugs
2. Sugaree – Phosphorescent, Jenny Lewis & Friends
3. Candyman – Jim James & Friends
4. Cassidy – Moses Sumney, Jenny Lewis & Friends
5. Black Muddy River – Bruce Hornsby and DeYarmond Edison
6. Loser – Ed Droste, Binki Shapiro & Friends
7. Peggy-O – The National
8. Box of Rain – Kurt Vile and the Violators (featuring J Mascis)
9. Rubin and Cherise – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Friends
10. To Lay Me Down – Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten & Friends
11. New Speedway Boogie – Courtney Barnett
12. Friend of the Devil – Mumford & Sons
13. Uncle John’s Band – Lucius
14. Me and My Uncle – The Lone Bellow & Friends
15. Mountains of the Moon – Lee Ranaldo, Lisa Hannigan & Friends
16. Black Peter – Anohni and yMusic
17. Garcia Counterpoint – Bryce Dessner
18. Terrapin Station (Suite) – Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear and The National (featuring Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, So Percussion and Brooklyn Youth Chorus)
19. Attics of My Life – Angel Olsen
20. St. Stephen (live) – Wilco with Bob Weir

“Lightning” (Vol. 2)

1. If I Had the World to Give – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
2. Standing on the Moon – Phosphorescent & Friends
3. Cumberland Blues – Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band
4. Ship of Fools – Tallest Man on Earth & Friends
5. Bird Song – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Friends
6. Morning Dew – The National
7. Truckin’ – Marijuana Deathsquads
8. Dark Star – Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends
9. Nightfall of Diamonds – Nightfall of Diamonds
10. Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald – Tim Hecker
11. Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad – Lucinda Williams & Friends
12. Playing in the Band – Tunde Adebimpe, Lee Ranaldo & Friends
13. Stella Blue – Local Natives
14. Eyes of the World – Tal National
15. Help on the Way – Bela Fleck
16. Franklin’s Tower – Orchestra Baobab
17. Till the Morning Comes – Luluc with Xylouris White
18. Ripple – The Walkmen
19. Brokedown Palace – Richard Reed Parry with Caroline Shaw and Little Scream (featuring Garth Hudson)

“Sunshine” (Vol. 3)

1. Here Comes Sunshine – Real Estate
2. Shakedown Street – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
3. Brown-Eyed Women – Hiss Golden Messenger
4. Jack-A-Roe – This Is the Kit
5. High Time – Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear
6. Dire Wolf – The Lone Bellow & Friends
7. Althea – Winston Marshall, Kodiak Blue and Shura
8. Clementine Jam – Orchestra Baobab
9. China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider – Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
10. Easy Wind – Bill Callahan
11. Wharf Rat – Ira Kaplan & Friends
12. Estimated Prophet – The Rileys
13. Drums -> Space – Man Forever, So Percussion and Oneida
14. Cream Puff War – Fucked Up
15. Dark Star – The Flaming Lips
16. What’s Become of the Baby – s t a r g a z e
17. King Solomon’s Marbles – Vijay Iyer
18. Rosemary – Mina Tindle & Friends
19. And We Bid You Goodnight – Sam Amidon
20. I Know You Rider (live) – The National with Bob Weir

Day Of The Dead, a Grateful Dead tribute album is out now on 4AD via Rhythmethod.

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ABOUT RED HOT ORGANIZATION:

Red Hot is a not-for-profit, 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS through pop culture. Its mission is to raise awareness and money around the AIDS crisis and related health issues. It was started in 1990 by Leigh Blake and John Carlin with the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue, which raised millions of dollars, helped reduce the stigma around AIDS at the time and supported organizations and efforts such as ACT UP and T.A.G., which took a stand and made the world pay attention and develop medication that let people with AIDS survive.

Over the past 25 years, over 500 artists, producers and directors have contributed to 20 compilation albums of original music, videos, events and media to keep people thinking about the implications of the AIDS epidemic as well as donate millions to organizations around the world.