"Happy, The End" cover

TainoLeon returns with yet another Innocence Mission cover this month, "Happy, The End". You can hear the mp3 recording at his blog here.

"My Sisters Return from Ireland" gets new video

The Innocence Mission have released an abridged music video for their song, "My Sisters Return from Ireland" which is now available for viewing on YouTube. The band's previous music videos include "I Remember Me", Black Sheep Wall, "Wonder of Birds", "And Hiding Away" and "Bright As Yellow."

Awake, My Soul & Help Me to Sing

This spring (they hope by May) there will be a various artist compilation that is inspired by the Sacred Harp documentary, Awake, My Soul & Help Me to Sing. The Innocence Mission contributed a song which we are told is "just staggering." Other contributors include Sufjan Stevens, Jim Lauderdale, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Woven Hand. You can hear DEE's song "Consecration" which has been playing on his myspace page for the past few months.

Here's a Time magazine article about Sacred Harp, and there's also Fasola.org which has more info on shape note singing courtesy of Mike Bitts.

April YouTube video update

This month at YouTube, there are 3 new Innocence Mission related videos: "The Lakes of Canada", "What A Wonderful World" and a live performance of "Tomorrow on the Runway" by Talaazar.