Cascade Songwriter's Collective
Songs For Sisters
This collection of acoustic, folk-oriented music is by songwriters primarily from the Cascade Mountain area of the Northwestern US. The group created this CD as a fund raiser for Sisters of the Road Caf; a nonprofit organization that helps feed the hungry from their caf in Portland, Oregon. Focusing on the themes of homelessness and poverty, the songs ask the listeners to consider these issues in a variety of ways with beautiful and sometimes haunting melodies and lyrics. Produced by Ken Vigil, one of the artists, the collection includes acoustic instrumentation (guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, and harmonica), heartfelt singing and playing, and straightforward production. Following in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, Utah Phillips, and many others, these songwriters are standing up and singing on behalf of the poor and oppressed