Various Artists - Song Of America [3 CD Set]

Song Of America is an 50-song album that traces the history of the United States through its folk and popular musical traditions.

The idea was the brainchild of former Attorney General Janet Reno, whose premise was that music can be used as a great tool for history teachers to use in conveying the ideals and mores of the American people.

She and producer Ed Pettersen (Reno's nephew) approached David Macias, who won a Grammy in 2005 for co-producing the Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs Of Stephen Foster compilation about collaborating on this project, and that collaboration was released in September 2007.

Disc: 1

• Earl Bullhead - Lakota Dream Song
• Julie Lee - Once More Our God Vouchsafe To Shine
• The Blind Boys of Alabama - Let Us Break Bread Together
• John Wesley Harding - God Save The King
• Elizabeth Foster - Young Ladies In Town
• Malcom Holcombe - The Old Woman Taught Wisdom
• Ed Pettersen - The Liberty Song
• Harper Simon - Yankee Doodle
• The Wilders - Jefferson & Liberty
• Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro - Hail Columbia
• Take 6 - The Star Spangled Banner
• Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
• Freedy Johnston - Peg and Awl
• BR549 - Sweet Betsy From Pike
• Will & Jehnean - Trail of Tears
• Minton Sparks/Pat Flynn - Declaration Of Sentiments
• Fisk Jubilee Singers - Go Down Moses
• The Mavericks featuring Thad Cockrell - Dixie's Land

Disc: 2

• Marah - John Brown's Body
• Joanna Smith - Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Janis Ian - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
• Tim O'Brien - Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay
• Otis Gibbs - The Farmer Is The Man
• Joni Harms - Home On The Range
• Jake Shimabukuro - Stars & Stripes Forever
• Judith Edelman & Neilson Hubbard - Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind)
• Jen Chapin - Over There
• Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm
• Karen Parks - Lift Every Voice and Sing!
• Danielson - Happy Days Are Here Again
• Andy Bey - Brother Can Spare A Dime?
• Jim Lauderdale - Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
• Suzy Bogguss - Rosie The Riveter
• Folk Family Robinson - Reuben James

Disc: 3

• Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals - The Great Atomic Power
• Devendra Banhart - Little Boxes
• The Del McCoury Band - The Times They Are A Changin'
• Scott Kempner - Apache Tears
• Kim Richey - Get Together
• The Dynamites with Charles Walker - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
• Ben Taylor - Ohio
• Anthony David - What's Going On?
• Martha Wainwright - I Am Woman
• Matthew Ryan - Youngstown
• Gary Heffern & Chris Eckman - Wave
• Shortee - The Message
• Bettye LaVette - Streets of Philadelphia
• The Wrights - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning
• John Mellencamp - This Land Is Your Land