Red Hot, "an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture" is releasing Dark Was The Night, a forthcoming (and can I say POWERHOUSE) thirty-one track album that is out February 17 via 4AD. It'll be available as a double CD, triple vinyl, or download, and all the proceeds go to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Every day until 2/1 a new track will stream on the DWTN MySpace, so make sure to add it to your Morning Coffee! Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National take reign as co-producers, and their track is the daily feature.

Now that we have the album logistics out of the way, let's revel in the goodness of this new version of "Train Song", played by Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and former Broken Social Scene member Feist! They pull off the duet flawlessly, with Feist as usual giving a stellar vocal performance - I'm sure Zooey is jealous..

MP3: Feist + Ben Gibbard: "Train Song" (zShare - comment if link breaks please! I'll be sure to find a working one for you)
MP3: Vashti Bunyan: "Train Song" (written by Alasdair Clayre) (mp3 via indiemuse.com)

DWTN Tracklist:

Disc One
01 "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne (mp3 via Stereogum)
02 "Cello Song (Nick Drake)" - The Books Feat. Jose Gonzalez
03 "Train Song" - Feist + Ben Gibbard
04 "Brackett, WI" - Bon Iver
05 "Deep Blue Sea" - Grizzly Bear
06 "So Far Around the Bend" - The National (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
07 "Tightrope" - Yeasayer
08 "Feeling Good" (popularized by Nina Simone) - My Brightest Diamond
09 "Dark Was the Night" (Blind Willie Johnson) - Kronos Quartet
10 "I Was Young When I Left Home" (Bob Dylan) - Antony + Bryce Dessner
11 "Big Red Machine" - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12 "Sleepless" - The Decemberists
13 "Stolen Houses" (Die) - Iron and Wine
14 "Service Bell" - Grizzly Bear + Feist
15 "You Are The Blood" - Sufjan Stevens

Disc Two
01 "Well-Alright" - Spoon
02 "Lenin" - Arcade Fire
03 "Mimizan" - Beirut
04 "El Caporal" - My Morning Jacket
05 "Inspiration Information" (Shuggie Otis) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
06 "With A Girl Like You" (The Troggs) - Dave Sitek
07 "Blood Pt 2" (based on original song "You are the Blood" by the Castanets) - Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
08 "Hey, Snow White" (Destroyer) - The New Pornographers
09 "Gentle Hour" (Snapper) - Yo La Tengo
10 "Another Saturday" (traditional song) - Stuart Murdoch
11 "Happiness" - Riceboy Sleeps
12 "Amazing Grace" (traditional song) - Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13 "The Giant Of Illinois" (Handsome Family) - Andrew Bird
14 "Lua" - Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch
15 "When the Road Runs Out" - Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16 "Love vs. Porn" - Kevin Drew

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