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Title: Vedder collaborates with choir of South African high schoolers.
Review: Eddie Vedder brought a high school choir to Seattle to record an album of their music. This is not a Pearl Jam album. It is beautiful and inspiring. Vedder is not heard on all tracks, but does collaborate with the choir on three excellent Pearl Jam songs. "Long Road", "Love Boat Captain", and "Betterman" all gain new emotional depth with the additional backing of the Walmer High School Choir. The booklet contains a great essay by Eddie Vedder about the making of this album. The traditional South African music is wonderful, and it is great that it was recorded."Music has been a fundamental weapon for our children used to face all the trials of this world. In our culture, listening to the words of a song is why they resist, why they don't crack"- Lunga Dyani, Principal of Walmer High School
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