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Dylan, Lauryn Hill Offer New Songs; Macy Gray, Tony Bennett Interpret Classics For 'Ya-Ya'
05/10/2002 7:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Brett Anderson
(5/10/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- New songs by Bob Dylan and Lauryn Hill and covers of classics by Macy Gray and Tony Bennett are among the tracks to be featured on the soundtrack to Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, due May 28 from DMZ/Columbia. The album is the first film-related project from producer T-Bone Burnett since his work on the multi-platinum, multi-Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Dylan's track, titled "Waitin' For You," follows on the heels of his last, successful soundtrack contribution, "Things Have Changed," from Wonder Boys. Hill's "Selah," meanwhile, is also previously unreleased.
As for the covers, Gray tackles Billie Holiday's "I Want To Be Your Mother's Son-In-Law" while Bennett interprets Nat King Cole's "If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow." Other songs revisited include Fats Waller's "Keeping Out Of Mischief Now," by Taj Mahal, and the traditional "Sitting In The Window Of My Room," performed by Alison Krauss.
Additional classic artists featured include Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, and Mahalia Jackson.
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-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles
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