Latest edition of charity initiative partnership with Sweet
Relief’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, benefiting career musicians, music
industry workers, streaming everywhere now.
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(Cover art by Alice Lin based on a photograph by Brian
Fitzsimmons of artist Terry’s Allen’s installation “Road Angel.”)
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About | Road
Angel Project
Following up her “Sex
In Cars” duet
with Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl, The Bird and The Bee vocalist, Inara
George has released “Road Angel
Project: Volume 2” today, the second in her “Road Angel Project” series which will see all proceeds donated via
a partnership with Sweet Relief
Musicians Fund. The COVID-19 Relief Fund at Sweet Relief provides financial
assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who have
lost income due to the global pandemic. Hear it now at Buzzbands.la
and on all DSPs
worldwide.
“I reached out to some of my musician friends to see
if anyone had a track that they’d like to donate to the cause,” George says. “Alex,
Dannielle, and Mike were the first to respond. I liked the idea of having just
three songs as the second volume because they all seemed to work so well
together as a little story about these times.” See below for commentary from Alex Lilly, Dannielle De Andrea, and Mike
Viola about their song contributions.
The name “Road
Angel Project” is a Terry Allen-authorized
nod back to the visual artist’s piece that inspired “Sex In Cars,” and the cover image for the series by Alice Lin is based on a Brian Fitzsimmons photograph of Allen’s actual installation.
With “Road
Angel Project,” George is
continuing to follow a line of thought that began with her current release “The Youth of Angst”. George saw so many musicians and music
industry friends out of work during the pandemic and saw an opportunity to keep
them working.
“As the pandemic hit and it became very clear that
live music would not resume for many, many months, I immediately thought of Sweet Relief, not only because they
help so many musicians, but also because they help everyone in the music
industry,” George says.
George has many friends in the music industry and has seen
their jobs evaporate.
“All of those people who work at venues booking shows,
stage managing, bartending, lighting, mixing sound, and on and on... Sweet Relief is set up to help all of
these workers during this crisis and also any other crisis that might come.”
Sweet Relief’s Aric
Steinberg says, “Sweet Relief is
so grateful to be a part of the ‘Road
Angel Project.’ It’s been incredible to see the music community come
together during this pandemic, and this is another example of good people doing
good things. The funds raised will allow us to help even more music industry
professionals in desperate need and we are truly thankful for Inara’s support.”
For more information about the Sweet Relief COVID-19
fund, visit: https://www.sweetrelief.org/covid-19-fund.html
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About | “Road Angel
Project: Volume 2”
Alex Lilly: “I wrote and recorded ‘Goodbye Reckless Things’ at my home during the early days of the
pandemic and lockdown,” Alex Lilly
says. “There was a lot that felt lost at that time and that feels lost still.
This was a spare but light-hearted lament for all the small (and germy but now
deemed reckless) things we’ve said goodbye to... hopefully just for the
time-being.”
Dannielle De
Andrea: “Before I moved to the US
from Australia, I heard a piano solo on a track called ‘Mean Old Man’ by James
Taylor. I saw that the piano player was Larry Goldings and I became a little obsessed. I met Larry at a show, and after the gig, we
set up a writing session! I asked if he had any melodies that he may need some
lyrics for and he had the melody to what would become ‘The Call.’ I wrote the words so quickly. I wanted it to be about the
simple things in life that we are given for free, but somehow lose perspective
on and need to get back to what is real.”
Mike Viola: “I wrote ‘Motel
Mood’ for my wife Audrey before
she was my wife and we were falling in love in New York City. We loved to rent
a car and just start driving until we found some dumpy looking Bates Motel to
check into. The song kind of explains why. The only reason why it ended up in a
pile of unreleased music is because I had too many songs for the record that I
was making. But I always liked the song and I like singing my wife’s Audrey’s name.”
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The Bird and
The Bee vocalist Inara George has teamed with Dave
Grohl of Foo Fighters for a new
single “Sex In Cars: Road Angel
Project,” a duet version of the track “Sex
In Cars” from George’s latest
release “The Youth of Angst”. The
song is available
now on all streaming platforms and can also be heard via
Rolling Stone here.
“I wrote ‘Sex
In Cars’ after the artist Terry
Allen asked if I’d be a part of an art installation entitled “Road Angel” that he was creating for The Contemporary Austin,” George explains.
“Sex In
Cars: Road Angel Project” is the
first in a series of planned “Road Angel
Project” singles, which will see all proceeds donated via a partnership
with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. The COVID-19
Relief Fund at Sweet Relief
provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music
industry workers who have lost income due to the global pandemic.
“Having been such a massive fan of Inara for years, it’s always such an
incredible honor to work with her, whether on Foo Fighters music or for The
Bird and The Bee,” says Dave Grohl
of Foo Fighters about his contribution to the first “Road Angel Project” release. “Her voice is timeless, so pure and
real. So I jumped at the chance to duet with her on this song. It was a dream
come true! And for a great cause: Musicians coming together to support each
other in difficult times, working to keep the music alive.”
“I always knew I wanted this version of ‘Sex In Cars’ with Dave to benefit some amazing non-profit,” George says.
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