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Voters’ Rights Benefit Album Featuring Pearl Jam, David Byrne Raises $550,000 in One Day

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 77-track benefit album featuring Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Aimee Mann and many others raised more than $550,000 for voting-rights organizations on Friday, the only day it was available.

The album, the second volume of the “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” series, was available as a download for $20.20 on Bandcamp for just one day and featured dozens of previously unreleased tracks, with all net proceeds going to the Voting Rights Lab.Further details on the album and the full tracklist can be found here, although it is no longer available.The first compilation raised more than $250,000 for the Fair Fight and Color of Change organizations.The team responsible for pulling the charity.

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