JOAN BAEZ COLLABORATES WITH STEVE EARLE
AND JAMES MCMURTRY ON “WE CAN’T MAKE IT HERE”

SONG FEATURED ON NEW COMPILATION, OCCUPY THIS ALBUM

Legendary artist Joan Baez has joined forces with Steve Earle and James McMurtry on a new version of McMurtry’s acclaimed song, “We Can’t Make It Here.” Originally released by McMurtry in 2005, Robert Christgau selected “We Can’t Make It Here” as one of the “25 Best Songs of the 2000s” in Rolling Stone magazine, while Bob Lefsetz declared, “It’s a triumph; it’s the anthem of the 99%.”

Produced by acclaimed Louisiana musician and producer C.C. Adcock (Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Doyle Bramhall), the new version of the song is featured as part of the forthcoming release Occupy This Album: a compilation of music by, for and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and the 99%. Released by Music For Occupy through Razor & Tie distribution, the four-disc physical and 99-track digital compilation is due out May 15. Proceeds received will go directly to the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in the financial district of New York on Sept. 17, 2011. The movement can now be found in 951 cities in 83 countries on five continents. More information is available at www.musicforoccupy.org.

For more information, please contact Asha Goodman, Mary Moyer or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.