Give US Your Poor is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of 19 tracks by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

 & Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...

, Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...

, Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....

, Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

, and other stars, many in collaboration with currently or formerly homeless musicians on benefit CD to fight homelessness.

Two years in the making, this fund-raising CD created by Appleseed Recordings and the national Give US Your Poor organization at UMass Boston brings together established musicians, socially committed actors and currently or previously homeless musicians in a collection of mostly exclusive new recordings that address the ongoing crisis of homelessness in America. There are frequent collaborations between the stars, who donated their time and music, and their formerly or currently homeless brethren on songs that often reflect on existence without guaranteed lodging, food, and the simple necessities of human existence.

Track listing

Track	Song title	Performer	Timing	Songwriter/composer
1	Land of 10,000 Homeless -- Minnesota	(audio documentary set to music)	4:01	Maria Isa, Turpening, Andrew
2	Show Me the Way	Jon BonJovi, Mighty Sam McClain	3:40	Sam McClain, Scott Shetler
3	Baby Don't Let Me Go Homeless	Keb' Mo' Keb' Mo' Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music... , Eagle Park Slim	3:14	Autry McNeace, "Eagle Park Slim"
4	There Is No Good Reason	Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...	4:45	Nichole Cooper
5	Hobo's Lullaby	Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band with Pete Seeger	5:12	Goebel Reeves
6	So Lonely	Sonya Kitchell Sonya Kitchell Sonya D. Kitchell is an American singer-songwriter. Sonya Kitchell formed her first band and began writing music in 2001...	5:40	Sonya Kitchell
7	Becky's Tune	Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter.-History:Shocked received her first international exposure in Europe, particularly Britain, with her debut album The Texas Campfire Tapes .Her first U.S... , Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan -Michael Sullivan:*Michael Sullivan , Emeritus Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford*Michael Sullivan , Australian rugby league footballer*Michael Sullivan -Michael Sullivan:*Michael Sullivan (art historian) (born 1916), Emeritus Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford*Michael Sullivan...	3:44	Michael Sullivan
8	Walking the Dog Walking the Dog "Walking the Dog" is a Rufus Thomas song. It was released on his 1963 album Walking the Dog. It was his signature hit and also his biggest, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1963 and remaining on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks...	Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially... , Weepin' Willie Robinson	3:48	Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...
9	My Name Is Not "Those People" (Spoken, With Music)	Danny Glover Danny Glover Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise.-Early life:...	3:22	Julia K. Dinsmore, Andrew Turpening
10	I Think it's Going to Rain Today I Think It's Going to Rain Today "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" is a song written by Randy Newman, and appears on the album Randy Newman, as well as The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 and all of Newman's official and bootleg live albums...	Madeleine Peyroux Madeleine Peyroux Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....	3:43	Randy Newman Randy Newman Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
11	Portable Man	Del Goldfarb, John Sebastian John Sebastian John Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...	2:52	Delmark Goldfarb
12	Boll Weevil	Dan Zanes, Kyla Middleton	4:09	Leadbelly Leadbelly Huddie William Ledbetter was an iconic American folk and blues musician, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced.... , John A. Lomax
13	Ink Falling (Father Outside)	Buffalo Tom	3:54	Colbourn/Nick Flynn, Janovitz, Maginnis
14	Stranger Blues	Sweet Honey In The Rock Sweet Honey in the Rock Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an American Grammy Award-winning troupe who express their history as women of color through song, while entertaining their audience. They have together worked from four women to the difficult five-part harmony...	5:38	Traditional
15	1,000 Miles Away	Jewel	3:50	Jewel Kilcher
16	Impossible Boulevard (spoken, with music)	Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon...	4:38	Klaus Nielsen, Andrew Turpening
17	Feels Like Home	Mario Frangoulis Mario Frangoulis Mario Frangoulis is a Greek tenor and is best known for his song, "Vincerò, Perderò". He sings in Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Greek; he is fluent in all 5 languages.-Early life:...	4:33	Randy Newman
18	When We Left Minneapolis (spoken, with music)	Danny Glover	1:12	Daniel R. Burke, Brian J.Casey, Julia K. Dinsmore
19	Here and Now	Mark Erelli Mark Erelli Mark Erelli is an American folk singer/songwriter from Reading, Massachusetts. He currently resides in Massachusetts. Erelli is a 1996 graduate of Bates College, where he majored in Biology, and holds a Master's Degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Massachusetts...	3:27	Catie Curtis/Mark Erelli