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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Michael Stipe records song for Katrina Relief 

REM frontman Michael Stipe has put together a six song EP to benefit Mercy Corps and their work along the Gulf Coast helping Hurricane Katrina victims.

Stipe enlisted Coldplay's Chris Martin to appear on the song "In the Sun" and the rest of the EP consists of 5 different versions and mixes of the song, including a live recording of Stipe and the entire Coldplay band at Austin City Limits.

Former Smashing Pumpkin James Iha recorded the primary track and Fountain of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger plays piano.

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