Luz de Vida: A Compilation to Benefit the Victims of the Tucson Tragedy

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THIS ALBUM IS A FUNDRAISER. All donations are welcomed. All proceeds raised from Luz de Vida album sales will go to Homicide Survivors, Inc. to provide services for advocacy, support, and emergency assistance for families impacted by homicide. If you have already given money for the vinyl record of Luz de Vida II, you may now download your digital audio files here complimentary. Thank you for your support.

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1.	Taraf de Tucson - Vaya Con Dios 04:10	info	buy track
2.	Dead Western Plains - People Beat 03:27	info	buy track
3.	Sweet Secrets - Evidence 04:20	info	buy track
4.	John Vanderslice - Pale Horse 02:41	info	buy track
5.	Rachel Flotard & Jon Rauhouse - Hammered Light 02:37	info	buy track
6.	Kiss & The Tells - Tell Me Now 03:49	info	buy track
7.	El Depravos (feat. Chuck Prophet) - Vampire Requiem 03:07	info	buy track
8.	Rainer - The Oasis 04:29	info	buy track
9.	Reno del Mar - All For Love 05:59	info	buy track
10.	Robyn Hitchcock - Light Blue Afternoon 03:15	info	buy track
11.	Ozomatli - It's Only Time 04:15	info	buy track
12.	Mariachi Luz de Luna - Luz a la Vida 03:31	info	buy track
13.	Sunday Afternoon - Mexico 05:07	info	buy track
14.	Giant Sand - Recovery Mission (Radio Edit) 03:46	info	buy track
15.	Al Perry & Calexico - Dreaming (Live) 04:29	info	buy track
16.	Brian Lopez - Molly (Live) 03:18	info	buy track
17.	Chango Malo - A Change Is Gonna Come (Live) 03:59	info	buy track
18.	Meat Puppets - Love Our Children Forever (Live) 03:46	info	buy track
19.	Jimmy Eat World - Here It Goes (Live) 03:16	info	buy track
20.	HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS - The Only Child 02:34	info	buy track
21.	Tracy Shedd - Encourage Me 02:24	info	buy track
22.	La Cerca - Swim An Ocean 03:38	info	buy track
23.	Spoon - Vittorio E. 03:40	info	buy track
24.	Seashell Radio - Lewis y Clark 03:58	info	buy track
25.	Calexico - Absent Afternoon 03:17	info	buy track
26.	Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 03:07	info	buy track
27.	Mark Growden - Saguaro 02:51	info	buy track
28.	Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta - Las Calles de Tucson 03:36	info	buy track
29.	DeVotchKa - The Common Good 04:26	info	buy track
30.	Lenguas Largas - Such A Thing 02:05	info	buy track
31.	Golden Boots - Regional Whales 03:58	info	buy track
32.	Silverbell - Why 05:07	info	buy track
33.	Rich Hopkins - What Am I Supposed To Do? 04:17	info	buy track
34.	Holy Rolling Empire - Father's Father 03:37	info	buy track
35.	Tom Walbank - Guitar In Dub 02:57	info	buy track
36.	Silver Thread Trio - Mockingbird 01:33	info	buy track
37.	Salvador Duran - Gabynda (Yolanda) 07:36	info	buy track

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THIS ALBUM IS A FUNDRAISER. All donations are welcomed. All proceeds raised from Luz de Vida album sales will go to Homicide Survivors, Inc. [https://homicidesurvivorsinc.org] to provide services for advocacy, support, and emergency assistance for families impacted by homicide. If you have already given money for the vinyl record of Luz de Vida II, you may now download your digital audio files here complimentary. Thank you for your support.

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Luz de Vida is a compilation album of music from artists both in Tucson and affiliated with Tucson. All proceeds from the sale of Luz de Vida will go to the Homicide Survivors, Inc: homicidesurvivorsinc.org, the only officially sanctioned fund established to assist victims, families, and witnesses of the January 8th tragedy.

Luz de Vida – Spanish for Light of Life – is an expression of community, love, healing, grace and hope, a positive response from Tucson musicians and national artists who have a special bond with Tucson. Luz de Vida will be available in two formats: as a 37-track digital album and a special limited-edition 12-song vinyl release, with exclusively Tucson bands.

Included are songs written as a direct response, like Giant Sand’s “Recovery Mission,” in which the elder ambassador of desert rock Howe Gelb sings of the city’s tears and “collective heart.” The compilation also features “The Oasis” from the late, legendary blues guitarist Rainer.

Calexico, whose longtime friendship with Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly has resulted in the band’s music being played aboard the International Space Station, contributes the unreleased “Absent Afternoon.” Songs from Calexico collaborators Salvador Duran and Mariachi Luz de Luna reflect the city’s Hispanic tradition.

Tucson friends Robyn Hitchcock, John Vanderslice, Spoon, Neko Case, Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Ozomatli, Visqueen’s Rachel Flotard & Jon Rauhouse, Mark Growden and Chuck Prophet all contribute songs.

Fort Lowell Records artists Tracy Shedd and Dead Western Plains recorded exclusive follow-ups to their acclaimed 7inch records.

On the heels of their stunning 2011 debut album, Tucson’s Lenguas Largas returns with a special new track. The upstart R&B Kiss & The Tells make their recorded debut on Luz de Vida. Indie rockers Holy Rolling Empire and La Cerca explore new directions. And exclusive to the 12inch vinyl is a live recording of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” from Chango Malo.

Luz de Vida is compiled by Music Against Violence, a coalition of Tucson writers, recording engineers, and venue operators.

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released October 18, 2011

Fort Lowell Records
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The project began in the days after the January 8th shootings, as not only a way to create a positive response from Tucson’s musical community, but to provide aid and comfort to the victims and their families. Music Against Violence, a coalition of Tucson writers, recording engineers, and venue operators, is the entity guiding the Luz de Vida project. The group includes recording engineers Nathan Sabatino and Thomas Beach of Loveland Recording Studio, music journalist and former Giffords for Congress communications director Eric Swedlund, Tucson Weekly music editor Stephen Seigel, Rialto Theatre general manager Curtis McCrary, Ryan Trayte, the theater’s marketing and design manager, and James Tritten, who will be making the digital and vinyl record releases of Luz de Vida available through his Tucson based record label Fort Lowell Records. Jim Blackwood from AZPM Mastering will be mastering the overall compilation, while JJ Golden from Golden Mastering will be focusing on the vinyl and cutting the lacquers.

ARTISTS: Taraf de Tucson, Dead Western Plains, Sweet Secrets, John Vanderslice, Rachel Flotard & Jon Rauhouse, Kiss & The Tells, El Depravos, Rainer, Reno Del Mar, Robyn Hitchcock, Ozomatli, Mariachi Luz de Luna, Sunday Afternoon, Giant Sand, Al Perry, Brian Lopez, Chango Malo, Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS, Tracy Shedd, Spoon, Seashell Radio, Calexico, Neko Case, Mark Growden, Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta, DeVotchKa, Lenguas Largas, Golden Boots, Silverbell, Rich Hopkins, Holy Rolling Empire, Tom Walbank, Silver Threat Trio, Salvador Duran

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