Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace (2008) [192 kbit]

Songs for Tibet � The Art of Peace is a music album with contributions from number of musicians from throughout the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa. The artists include Sting, Rush, Suzanne Vega and Alanis Morissette. The album is an initiative to support Tibet, the promotion of peace, basic fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and religion and the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. Songs for Tibet � The Art Of Peace is a project from the Art of Peace Foundation in Washington DC.



On August 5, 2008 The Art of Peace Foundation released the video "Songs for Tibet � Freedom Is Expression" which was directed by Mark Pellington. The video can be seen onand on The Art Of Peace Foundation's website.



Songs for Tibet is already the #1 Rock Album on iTunes in the United States, France, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands and is climbing the Rock charts throughout the world, as of August 6, 2008, within one day of release. It has been alleged that China has blocked its residents from the iTunes Music Store after the album became a hit.Track listing



Disc one

1. "Hide & Seek 2" Imogen Heap

2. "Send Your Love" (Art of Peace mix) Sting

3. "Versions of Violence" (recorded in dressing room in Cologne) Alanis Morissette

4. "Belief" John Mayer

5. "Better" (piano & voice) Regina Spektor

6. "We Are All Made of Stars" (2008) Moby

7. "Making Noise" Damien Rice & The Cheshire Project

8. "More Than This" (Campfire take) Vanessa Carlton

9. "Nothing Fades" (Kosen Rufu version) Duncan Sheik

10. "Where Are You Going" (live in Copenhagen) Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds



Disc two



1. "Song of Sand" (Great City version) Suzanne Vega

2. "All the Good in This Life" Garbage

3. "Hope" (live for The Art of Peace) Rush

4. "Madonna on the Curb" (Peace mix) Jonatha Brooke

5. "In These Times" (The Concord mix) Joan Armatrading

6. "All My Mistakes" Teitur feat. Tarira

7. "Alive in the World" Jackson Browne

8. "Better Way" (live in Six-Fours-Les-Plage) Ben Harper

9. "The Heart of the Matter" (Underlying mix) Rupert Hine

10. "To Heal (And Restore Broken Bodies)" UnderworldThe collection, which features songs by Sting, Moby, Alanis Morissette, Rush, John Mayer and Regina Spektor, among others, came out on August 5 and has been a huge hit for both Apple's music site and the cause of further raising awareness of the brutual repression the Chinese government and military are engaged in in the Buddhist nation.



Well, it turns out about 46 athletes, including some Chinese according to a statement from the International Campaign for Tibet, at the Games in Beijing have downloaded the album while in the Chinese capitol. And that just isn't on for the government who block almost all unofficial info about Tibet.



The Itunes site is now completely inaccessible for people within most of China.



Additionally the propoganda machine has turned on Apple. who just recently opened its first store in the PRC. On China.org.cn, a government site, reported that the nation's citizens were "incensed" over the free download and were now "rally together to denounce Apple."



What ever happened to all those promises of a free and open Games?



You know a government must be really insecure when they think that Moby and Sting songs could lead to an overturning of the political applecart.Kids, always remember xenu is your friend.