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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 29666" data-attributes="member: 81"><a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-khalid-damon-albarn-coachella-2022/" target="_blank">Damon Albarn</a> may have devoted a significant chunk of his life to gorillas (rather, <a href="https://uproxx.com/indie/gorillaz-2022-tour-dates-earthgang-jungle/" target="_blank">Gorillaz</a>), but they’re not the only animals he cares about: He and a bunch of other artists contributed to For The Birds: The Birdsong Project, a five-volume collection of 242 recordings inspired by birds and their singing, with proceeds benefiting the National Audubon Society.<a href="https://orcd.co/forthebirdsvol1" target="_blank">The first volume</a> rolled out today and among the new songs is “Bird Calling,” a collaboration between Albarn, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/mark-ronson-lucky-daye-too-much/" target="_blank">Mark Ronson</a>, and <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/wale-more-about-nothing-streaming-services/" target="_blank">Wale</a>. Ronson offers some rhythmic, midtempo production while Wale carries the song with rapped and Albarn provides the hook.Project organizers <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-new-songs-beck-mark-ronson-damon-albarn-birdsong-project-1356272/" target="_blank">say</a>, “The Birdsong Project is a community dedicated to the protection of bird life, and to the celebration of the joy and mysteries of birdsong. We believe that birds — no matter feather or flock — are precious and inspiring and fundamental to our world. That a world without birds would be a world without freedom and flight and song. We believe birds matter. Are endangered. And need our help.”Elvis Costello, who contributes to the endeavor, adds, “This should be so very obvious; without birds we would be knee-deep in worms, swarmed by bugs, the trees bereft of song. The least we can do is raise our voices in praise or lament. I’m grateful to [producer Randall Poster] for asking me to join his magnificent flock.”Listen to Ronson, Albarn, and Wale’s “Bird Calling” above.Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/indie/mark-ronson-damon-albarn-wale-bird-calling-for-the-birds/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 29666, member: 81"] [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-khalid-damon-albarn-coachella-2022/']Damon Albarn[/URL] may have devoted a significant chunk of his life to gorillas (rather, [URL='https://uproxx.com/indie/gorillaz-2022-tour-dates-earthgang-jungle/']Gorillaz[/URL]), but they’re not the only animals he cares about: He and a bunch of other artists contributed to [I]For The Birds: The Birdsong Project[/I], a five-volume collection of 242 recordings inspired by birds and their singing, with proceeds benefiting the National Audubon Society. [URL='https://orcd.co/forthebirdsvol1']The first volume[/URL] rolled out today and among the new songs is “Bird Calling,” a collaboration between Albarn, [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/mark-ronson-lucky-daye-too-much/']Mark Ronson[/URL], and [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/wale-more-about-nothing-streaming-services/']Wale[/URL]. Ronson offers some rhythmic, midtempo production while Wale carries the song with rapped and Albarn provides the hook. Project organizers [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-new-songs-beck-mark-ronson-damon-albarn-birdsong-project-1356272/']say[/URL], “The Birdsong Project is a community dedicated to the protection of bird life, and to the celebration of the joy and mysteries of birdsong. We believe that birds — no matter feather or flock — are precious and inspiring and fundamental to our world. That a world without birds would be a world without freedom and flight and song. We believe birds matter. Are endangered. And need our help.” Elvis Costello, who contributes to the endeavor, adds, “This should be so very obvious; without birds we would be knee-deep in worms, swarmed by bugs, the trees bereft of song. The least we can do is raise our voices in praise or lament. I’m grateful to [producer Randall Poster] for asking me to join his magnificent flock.” Listen to Ronson, Albarn, and Wale’s “Bird Calling” above. [I]Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/indie/mark-ronson-damon-albarn-wale-bird-calling-for-the-birds/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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