Neil Finn announces new album to support Oxfam

International music icon and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn has announced a new album that will have all profits donated to the global aid agency Oxfam.

The album is a follow-on to 7 Worlds Collide, a live album that he released in 2001, with Liam Finn, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway, founder of The Smiths and Modest Mouse’s Johnny Marr, Soul Coughing’s Sebastian Steinberg and Lisa Germano.

These artists will all feature on the new album to be released for Oxfam in 2009 and will be joined by Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, Bic Runga and Don McGlashan.

The album will be recorded over the next few months in Auckland’s Roundhead Studios and is due for release in 2009.

Share this article on Facebook