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For the Birds: The Birdsong Project
Album · Compilation

For the Birds: The Birdsong Project

Released 2022245 tracks · 14:462 editionsEnglishDowntown Records, Search Party

Tracks

#TitleSung by
1.A1Wood DoveNick Cave & Warren Ellis
1.A2ArchangelBeck
1.A3SeedsAlaska Reid & A. G. Cook
1.A4The MorningW.S. Merwin
1.A5Fly OnKaren Elson
1.A6Fly Away (with the Songs)Michael Rother & Vittoria Maccabruni
1.B1On the WingJim James
1.B2Honey, in the WildJosh Kaufman
1.B3Unbroken WingMike Campbell
1.B4Migration of BirdsGary Snyder
1.B5May 18th 1929 LostAlex Somers
2.C1Bird CallingMark Ronson
2.C2One for SorrowUNKLE
2.C3Once Let FreeEmily Cross
2.C4Kyoto: MarchGary Snyder
2.C5SanctuaryBeach House
2.C6Welcome MorningAnne Sexton
2.D1Mine Is Not Your BeautyUwade Akhere
2.D2Birds for PhilSpring Summer
2.D3Una melodíaEl Búho
2.D4Bone's LamentDarius Christian & Reggie Chapman
2.D5Nouns of AssemblageBlake Mills
2.D6Elsewhere BirdRichard Reed Parry
2.D7The GardenMark Strand
3.E1Counting BirdsJim Harrison2:02
3.E2KachofugetsuKaoru Watanabe4:20
3.E3St. Francis and the BirdsTerry Riley4:48
3.E4BaytreeTawiah2:25
3.E5Crow DialecticElliot Bergman
3.F1A Grandchild's Song for Robins in Year Two of PandemicRay Young Bear
3.F2When the Birds Were Banished From the PalaceSaoirse Stice
3.F3Birds ReturnHatis Noit
3.F4Salt PointTyondai Braxton
3.F5Forty SongsLee Ranaldo
3.F6Wounded BirdKurt Vile
4.G1Cuckoo SongJarvis Cocker
4.G2Cuckoo BirdThe Haden Triplets
4.G3HummingbirdRaymond Carver
4.G4Hum Hum HumKaren O
4.G5Whistling in the DarkMolly Lewis
4.G6SparrowNorman MacCaig
4.H1OrealsRudresh Mahanthappa
4.H2Fly CatcherJames McAlister
4.H3State BirdAda Limón1:11
4.H4The CallingNick Rhodes & Wendy Bevan
4.H5Bluebirds (2021 acoustic version)Adam Green
4.H6Why Does the Girl Bird SingSuzzy Roche
5.I1Birdsong for RandyDan Deacon
5.I2When the Sun ExplodesVery Nice Person
5.I3Weird BirdShel Silverstein
5.I4And Your Bird Can Sing / The Birds Will Be SingingElvis Costello
5.I5Lucifer HummingbirdThe Flaming Lips
5.I6Who (Don't Look Back)Andrew Wyatt
5.I7California TowheeJonathan Franzen
5.J1Open WindowMichael Uzowuru
5.J2Tori No UtaAska Matsumiya
5.J3Two ArmsLe Ren
5.J4Sparrow, Sparrow, What Did You Say?Ada Limón
5.J5Your Birthday at the HuntingtonMary Lattimore
5.J6Are WeJorie Graham
6.K1The Hawk & The CrowOlivia Chaney
6.K2Bell MinorJeff Tweedy
6.K3BroomJim Harrison
6.K4GodswitsMark Mulcahy
6.K5Red Tailed HawkInara George & Van Dyke Parks
6.K6Great Blue HeronCalexico
6.L1Trying to Get OutSiddhartha Khosla
6.L2Hope Is a FeatherGanavya
6.L3BirdsongRamesh & Jason Chronis
6.L3Black CherriesW.S. Merwin
6.L4Stations ParallelSam Prekop
6.L5Kwitaro BackboneShearwater
7.M1Wild GeeseMary Oliver
7.M2OverviewCup
7.M3The Gospel of OkeEbe Oke
7.M4One Eye OpenDouglas Dare
7.M5Theme for FlightCecile Believe
7.M6Hyper HappyEleanor Friedberger
7.M7Good BonesMaggie Smith
7.N1V FormationBuzzy Lee
7.N2The Last Love Poem I Will Ever WriteGregory Orr
7.N3TinseltownGirlpool
7.N4If I Were a KookaburraStephin Merritt
7.N5Ostrich WalkVince Giordano and the Nighthawks
7.N6The Hidden SingerWendell Berry
7.N7Birds and PianoMichael Penn
8.O1A Dark Thing Inside a DayLinda Gregg
8.O2TomorrowHania Rani
8.O3In the GaleYo-Yo Ma
8.O4Winter's BlessingJohn Kelly
8.O5The Maddening Hour, or Ode to OwlIsabella Summers
8.O6Evening Chorus (live in the Bluebell Woods)Cosmo Sheldrake
8.O7LSDAlexander Dimitrov
8.P1Strong but FailRoddy Bottum
8.P2Love High NoonClaude Fontaine
8.P3Good to SeeSeu Jorge & Flor
8.P4Wefoch (Birds)Dexter Story
8.P5The SparrowWilliam Carlos Williams
9.Q1Turiya (For the Birds remix)Alice Coltrane
9.Q2The BirdDavid Cale
9.Q3Of Mere BeingThomas Bartlett
9.Q4Hanover BirdsPoppy Ackroyd
9.Q5The Day Is GoneHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
9.R1Hymn for Four BirdsPaul Cantelon
9.R2Dawn ChorusSQÜRL
9.R3Sonic Woodland: Dawn Chorus (excerpt)Hidden Orchestra
9.R4Wild SwansEdna St. Vincent Millay
9.R5Birdies for RPEmile Haynie
9.R6To the New YearW.S. Merwin
10.S1The ConditionalAda Limón
10.S2Strictly for the BirdsHawley & Lozac'h
10.S3The Little BirdNatalie Bergman
10.S4Pinions of a DoveRayna Gellert
10.S5Little BirdieLoudon Wainwright III
10.S6Black CherriesW.S. Merwin
10.S7My Dove, to SleepVanbur
10.T1Carolina TurtledoveJoachim Cooder
10.T2The Sandhill Cranes of NebraskaBilly Collins
10.T3ThornbirdDaniel Lanois
10.T4KaDevendra Banhart
10.T5Highway PsithurismMeg Baird
10.T6Far RockawayStuart Bogie
10.T7Looking for Mushrooms at SunriseW.S. Merwin
11.U1Seven in the WoodsJim Harrison
11.U2136 Syllables at Rocky Mountain Dharma CenterAllen Ginsberg
11.U3Perth to MelbourneStella Donnelly
11.U4Flight to the SunKoa Kalish
11.U5SkylarkWyldest
11.U6They Ask MeJorie Graham
11.U7For Octavia ButlerAtlas Sound & L’Rain
11.U8Pasadena ParrotsAd Rock
11.V1Morning MaggieCarla dal Forno
11.V2Noah's RavenW.S. Merwin
11.V3Diamond DoveGyða Valtýsdóttir
11.V4Kookaburra BoogieThurston Moore & Wobbly
11.V5NightbirdMarcelo Zarvos
11.V6In MayAdam Zagajewski
11.V7For the BirdsMakaya McCraven
12.W1Before The WorldLaurie Anderson
12.W2Mr. SparrowJohn Cale
12.W3Dawn RevisitedRita Dove
12.W4Altamira OrioleWoodkid
12.W5BaepholusBen Lukas Boysen
12.W6How Many NightsGalway Kinnell
12.X1Goldfinch YodelArthur Jeffes
12.X2BirdsKoreless
12.X3FeatherMasayoshi Fujita
12.X4Loon SongEluvium
12.X5Secret LifeLi-Young Lee
12.X6AradaMeara O'Reilly
13.Y1Not-YetJane Hirshfield
13.Y2Monteverde September 08The Album Leaf
13.Y3Birdsong CallNick Zinner
13.Y4Rare BirdsAndrew Bird
13.Y5Bobcats, Beetles, OwlsJane Hirshfield
13.Z1DiaryJuliette Commagère
13.Z2CuckooSam Amidon
13.Z3Sorrow Is Not My NameRoss Gay
13.Z4County Route 41Cassandra Jenkins
13.Z5BirdsongSteve Gunn
14.AA1Bye Bye BirdyMark Mothersbaugh
14.AA2The Sparrows of ButrykaIrina Ratushinskaya
14.AA3AlulaGeorgia
14.AA4Mourning Dove in BuoyancyHaley Fohr
14.AA5The Ayaymama BirdElvis Perkins
14.AA6Boy With a HeadsetEdward Hirsch
14.BB1Wild Birds in an Imagined Canoga Park With Lakes and Trees in Place of Streets and BuildingsCarlos Niño & Nate Mercereau
14.BB2IntoneMidori Hirano
14.BB3In Wiry WinterJames Schuyler
14.BB4Avi SinistraRob
14.BB5Central ParkDoug Wieselman
14.BB6BirdyDaniel Blumberg & Billy Steiger
14.BB7BirdslandArturo O’Farrill
14.BB8To This MayW.S. Merwin
15.CC1Aure, Deh, Per PiertàAnthony Roth Costanzo
15.CC2Hope Is a Thing With FeathersAngela McCluskey & The Cantelon Ensemble
15.CC3ComingSam Mendes
15.CC4Many WorldsRobert Ames
15.CC5I Put on My Fur CoatJane Wong
15.CC6PlaneacionesAngélica Negrón
15.DD1WingspanBriana Marela
15.DD2PoemsRuth Stone
15.DD3Jacob RiisStuart Bogie & Domenica Fossati
15.DD4Used BeakCraig Wedren
15.DD5'Sweet Spring Is YourE. E. Cummings
15.DD6PettirossoDaniele Luppi
16.EE1Voice & BirdsAnton Pearson
16.EE2Lies About Sea CreaturesAda Limón
16.EE3The Owl of CranstonJulian Lage & Bill Frisell
16.EE4Tanager TimeMac McCaughan
16.EE5Montezuma OropendolaChris Watson
16.EE6In the WorldBrigid Lowry
16.FF1TweetstormGonzales
16.FF2AbideJake Adam York
16.FF3Keep Me Warm (Crèche)Julia Holter
16.FF4MigrationKaitlyn Aurelia Smith
16.FF5KríaJana Winderen
16.FF6The Wild GeeseWendell Berry
17.GG1For the Robin on My PorchAndrea Potos
17.GG2May BirdsNico Muhly
17.GG3Etude No. 2 (Thomas Bartlett remix)Maki Namekawa
17.GG4BeginningW.S. Merwin
17.GG5PasserineBalmorhea
17.HH1HereKim Addonizio
17.HH2Mourning DoveHolland Andrews
17.HH3One HeartLi-Young Lee
17.HH4PerchedAnna Clyne
17.HH5SyrinxDaniel Thorne
17.HH6Toy BoatOcean Vuong
18.II1I Was Popular in Certain Circles...Gabrielle Calvocoressi
18.II2Strange Signals From Jerry the Wood PigeonPeter Broderick
18.II3BirdbrainDavid Van Tieghem
18.II4Ode to the HummingbirdPablo Neruda
18.II5Bells and BirdsAlexandre Desplat
18.JJ1Skylarks & MagpiesBibio
18.JJ2End-Of-Summer HaibunAimee Nezhukumatathil
18.JJ3Screech for ScratchAnnie Gosfield
18.JJ4RørsangerDavid Rothenberg & Benedicte Maurseth
18.JJ5SandpiperElizabeth Bishop
18.JJ6Silver HornsSarah Davachi
19.KK1An Exercise in LoveDiane di Prima
19.KK2Brown ThrasherAnimal Collective
19.KK3Chant for the Swinging SwallowsMy Cat Is an Alien
19.KK4CoastAlice Jones
19.KK5In Her Secret GardenJulianna Barwick
19.KK6Emu808Sam Gendel
19.LL1Now Is the TimeMoney Mark
19.LL2Cocoa MorningBob Kaufman
19.LL3CalthraTommy Guerrero
19.LL4Morning RitualsShabaka Hutchings
19.LL5Redbird LoveJoy Harjo
19.LL6The Ruined SpringZander Schloss
20.MM1I Love You Earth (Thomas Bartlett remix)ANOHNI & Yoko Ono
20.MM2MurmurationRobert Schumann x Daisy Chute
20.MM3St Kevin and the BlackbirdSeamus Heaney
20.MM4Thirow DioMamadou Kelly
20.MM5Grus GrusEvan Parker & John Coxon
20.MM6Star and CrescentKenneth Rexroth
20.NN1Mockingbird SongSaunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi
20.NN2Morning CallsCarter Burwell
20.NN3["Always in the Distance"]Wendell Berry
20.NN4["The Cherries Turn Ripe, Ripe"]Wendell Berry
20.NN5Serenade at 2Anne Müller
20.NN6Paired: UnpairedRosa Arnold & Jeanita Vriens
20.NN7Re: Happiness, in Pursuit ThereofC. D. Wright

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