Amnesty's 'Chimes' ring on Dylan's 50th

One of the more unlikely guest artists around the Dylan compilation is Ke$', a professed fanatic.To mark its 50th anniversary, Amnesty Worldwide is delivering a 75-song compilation having a slew of famous artists covering Bob Dylan, who also remembers half a century like a artist this season.Tingle, Pete Townshend, Tom Morello and Pete Seeger line on "Chimes of Freedom" alongside some surprising contributing factors for example Miley Cyrus, Adele and Ke$' (a self-professed Dylan fanatic) to pay for the main one-time politically billed troubadour, with all of proceeds supporting a persons privileges organization.Executive producer Shaun Ayeroff desired to top the ambitious John Lennon tribute "Instant Karma" he assisted orchestrate for Amnesty in 2007. "I stated the only method I'd get it done ended up being to get Bob Dylan to give his posting," Ayeroff states. "Lo and behold, Shaun Rosen, who handles Bob Dylan, caused that happening."Ayeroff, co-producer Julie Yannatta and also the folks at Amnesty started their enormous Rolodexes and contacted some favors. "There is no recording or perhaps a&R budget," Yannatta describes. "Every artist contributed their art, skill, some time and craft.""The example would be to a rent party," adds Ayeroff. "We stated, 'Hey, come to the home and produce a beer, bring your buddies and lead something.' And rather than 15 people turning up, 76 did."The majority of the taking part music artists possess a strong interest in both Amnesty and Dylan. Lucinda Williams, who covers "Looking to get to Paradise," states she could not refuse when Amnesty came calling. "To begin with, it's for Amnesty -- an excellent cause," she states. "Also, I really like Bob Dylan's music. Individuals are generally great reasons ... and so i leaped aboard immediately."Ziggy Marley, who offers up a moving, acoustic rendition of "Blowin' within the Wind," highlights there is a natural affinity between your work of Dylan and Amnesty. "Dylan did lots of protest tunes against war that fully stand up for that privileges of people. He's a symbol for your therefore it is appropriate to complete Dylan tunes due to what he's done."A number of behind-the-moments videos have appeared online, including Ke$ha's emotive, mostly a cappella rendition of "Don't Think Hard, It's All Regulated Right" (showing a far more fragile side from the brazen pop star) and Townshend talking about Dylan's long lasting influence. In addition, Local cafe will release an abbreviated, two-disc version from the compilation (lower in the original four) within 24 hours since it's U.S. release Jan. 24 through Fontana Distribution.For a "Chimes of Freedom" concert, Karen Scott, Amnesty International's manager of music relations, is hopeful:"We'd fascination with there to become a tour or concert behind this album," she states, mentioning that Amnesty's incredibly effective Human Privileges Concerts within the 1980s and 1990's featuring the kind of U2, law enforcement and Bruce Springsteen were brought through the artists themselves. "We have discovered that probably the most effective concerts happen once the artists fully stand up and say they do for Amnesty."Go Back To MUSIC FOR SCREENS: WINTER 2012 Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com