Model Christy Turlington Banks has a charitable organization called Every Mother Counts, which combats maternal mortality. She also has a robust rolodex which she put in service of a 19-song benefit compilation featuring contributions by very famous people -- from Bono to Bowie to Rita Wilson -- raising funds and awareness for her cause. You heard Beck's "Corrina, Corrina" the other day; here is Eddie Vedder's "Skipping." It is EdVed acoustic in inspirationally heartfelt/strum mode, with a child saying "check, check ... Daddy!" at the outset for bonus sentimentality.
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The Every Mother Counts LP is out 5/1. Here's a tracklist via Rolling Stone (the asterisks are previously unheard cuts):
01 Bono and the Edge - "Original of the Species" (acoustic) *
02 Eddie Vedder - " Skipping" *
03 Paul Simon and Edie Brickell - "Pretty Day" *
04 Faith Hill - "Wish for You"
05 Sade - "The Sweetest Gift"
06 Lauryn Hill - "I Remember"
07 Rita Wilson - "Baby I'm Yours" *
08 Diana Krall - "Don't Fence Me In" *
09 Seal - "Secret"
10 Dave Matthews Band - "Sister" (live) *
11 Sting - "Fragilidad"
12 Alanis Morissette - "Magical Child" *
13 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - "Mother" *
14 David Bowie - "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
15 Cedella Marley - "Get Up Stand Up" *
16 Beck - "Corrina, Corrina" *
17 Rufus Wainwright - "Instead of the Dead" *
18 Patti Smith - "Somalia" *
19 Coldplay - "Yellow" (acoustic) *
