VA- Sweet Relief - We Can Help

Label: Flatiron

Reissued 6/20/2025

Flatiron Recordings has announced the release of Sweet Relief - We Can Help! An 18 track compilation featuring many previously unreleased recordings from legendary artists including Michael Penn and Aimee Mann, Laura Veirs, Ben Harper and Peter Case, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Sixpence None The Richer, Peter Holsapple, + many more, benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.. Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing physical or mental health issues, disability, or age-related problems. In this new double CD, Sweet Relief, the organization that provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing physical or mental health issues, disability, or age-related problems has come up with a gem, "We Can Help."

Track listing:

1. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum - Michael Penn
2. Please Let Me Get What I Want - Laura Veirs
3. Help Me - Peter Case
4. I Think It's Gunna Rain - Angela McCluskey
5. The Object of My Affection - Watkins Family Hour
6. I Can Help - Peter Holsapple
7. Humpy Back Man - Richard Thompson
8. Help - Ben Harper and Peter Case
9. Always Lift Him Up - Willie Watson
10. Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Lucinda Williams
11. That's How I Got to Memphis - Dennis Witcher
12. The Needle and the Damage Done - Sixpence None the Richer
13. A Heart Needs a Home - Haroula Rose
14. Sunny Side of the Street - Victoria Williams
15. Paper Moon - Chris Pierce
16. Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Michael Penn
17. Sixteen Tons - Jonah Tolchin
18. While My Heart Keeps Beating Time - Blake Mills