Disc 2: 'Love, Hope and Appleseed'
1. "Quite Early Morning" - Pete Seeger (previously unreleased)
2. "Music of Healing" - Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic
3. "There is Hope" - Aoife Clancy
4. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" - Bruce Cockburn
5. "Swimming to the Other Side" - Pat Humphries
6. "Namaste" - The Kennedys
7. "Gina in the Kinds Road" - Al Stewart
8. "Yin My Yang" - Donovan
9. "Baby, It’s You" - John Stewart
10. "Leave Your Light On" - Tim Eriksen
11. "Try Me One More Time" - David Bromberg
12. "Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right" - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
13. "Dink’s Song" - Roger McGuinn with Pete Seeger and Josh White Jr.
14. "You Can’t Relive the Past" - Eric Andersen with Lou Reed
15. "Oh Had I a Golden Thread" - Judy Collins
16. "Sail On" - Dick Gaughan
17. "Somos El Barco (We Are the Boat)" - HARP (Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert and Pete Seeger)
18. "Pete Gets the Last Word" - Pete Seeger (previously unreleased)

On September 10 Appleseed release Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary, a 2-CD set that includes newly recorded tracks by Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger (their first recorded collaboration - and on a Springsteen song, at that!), Ani DiFranco and Donovan, as well as highlights of their 80-plus releases to date.
The aptly-titled Sowing the Seeds contains 37 tracks, of which nine are exclusive new recordings. Each of the set’s discs has a separate theme. Disc 1, “And Justice for All,” collects many politically relevant compositions encompassing the ongoing war in Iraq, human rights issues and the environment. Most of the new songs are on this disc -Springsteen and Seeger’s moving rendition of Bruce’s “Ghost of Tom Joad”(Pete sings Bruce - an ironic turnabout after Springsteen’s recent Seeger-centric CDs and tours); a blistering take on Seeger’s anti-war classic, “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy,” by Ani DiFranco; Donovan’s re-recording of his 1965 hit, “Universal Soldier”; three additional Pete Seeger recordings addressing the dangers of too much Executive Branch power - “The Emperor is Naked Today-o” and “The Ross Perot (George Bush) Guide to Answering Embarrassing Questions” - and the death penalty (“Walking Down Death Row”); and an upbeat celebration of progress in race relations, “If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus” by longtime Appleseed artists Kim and Reggie Harris with guests Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) and the duo of Bethany & Rufus. Among the tracks here from previous Appleseed releases by our Who’s Who roster of politically committed artists: the controversial “Bring Them Home” (a song Springsteen has subsequently performed and recorded) by Pete Seeger with Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco and Steve Earle; Jackson Browne & Joan Baez’s yearning duet on “Guantanamera”; Eric Andersen and rap/reggae star Wyclef Jean joining forces on Phil Ochs’ “White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land”; actor/singer Tim Robbins’ harrowing reading of “All My Children of the Sun”; and the 9/11-inspired “The Bravest” by Tom Paxton and “19 Miles to Baghdad” by Lizzie West & The White Buffalo (the latter song a favorite on the Pacifica Network’s syndicated “Democracy Now” radio and television show.
Disc 2 of Sowing the Seeds, subtitled “Peace, Love and Appleseed,” showcases a somewhat “lighter” song selection and the wide range of artists and styles represented on the label. There’s folk-rock from both sides of the Atlantic, including Al Stewart’s “Gina on the Kings Road,” Donovan’s mystical “Yin My Yang,” The Kennedys’ effervescent “Namaste” and John Stewart’s coulda-been-a-hit “Baby, It’s You.” There’s traditional acoustic folk from ex-Byrds leader and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Roger McGuinn, with guest Pete Seeger, on “Dink’s Song,” the title track from David Bromberg’s massively popular new CD of solo folk-blues, “Try Me One More Time,” and Tim Eriksen’s spooky but uplifting “Leave Your Light On.” Other artists include Eric Andersen with guest Lou Reed on the chugging acoustic rocker “You Can’t Relive the Past,” Judy Collins, Pat Humphries (her classic “Swimming to the Other Side”), Dick Gaughan, Tommy Sands and Vedran Smailovic, and more. The disc is bookended by new Pete Seeger recordings - his tranquil instrumental “Quite Early Morning” opens the proceedings, and his observations on the need for activism (“Pete gets the last word”) are a fitting conclusion.