Top artists from the worlds of country, folk, blues, gospel and Cajun
music have put their talents where their hearts are in "Forgotten but
Not Gone" (http://www.forgotten-but-not-gone.org), a new album created
to help restore the homes, communities and dignity of tens of
thousands of Gulf Coast residents still displaced by Hurricane
Katrina.

Produced and promoted entirely by volunteers, the CD is the brainchild
of three friends active in the Nashville music industry — singer/
songwriter Ric Kipp, producer/multi-instrumentalist Phillip Wolfe, and
executive producer Rebecca Wolfe.

"Thousands are still living in temporary shelter, and the hardest hit
have been the poor, the disabled and the elderly," said Ms. Wolfe.
"The more we learned about the barriers to rebuilding, the more we
wanted to help." Without record-label backing or other outside
funding, the trio formed a nonprofit organization — Gulf Coast Relief,
Inc. — and worked with dozens of volunteers to create "Forgotten but
Not Gone."

The 19-track, limited-edition album showcases performances by leading
Americana roots artists, including Grammy winners Steve Earle, Delbert
McClinton, and Marty Stuart (with the Fabulous Superlatives), and
Americana Music Award winners Buddy and Julie Miller and Mike Farris
(with the McCrary Sisters).

Several songs, including the title track by Lee Roy Parnell and
bookend anthems by Bonnie Bramlett and Bekka Bramlett, are original
compositions written and produced for the album by Kipp and Phillip
Wolfe (Wolfe also performs on many of the tracks). Wood Newton, Moses
Crow, Tony Joe White, Bruce "Buscayo" Bellott and Carlton Collins
perform other original songs.

Additional tracks were donated to the CD by Jon Justice, Chris Knight,
Jack Ingram, Radney Foster, Steve Azar, and Kieran Kane and Kevin
Welch with Fats Kaplin.

"This album is a totally pro-bono, grassroots project and a testament
to the good in human nature," Ms. Wolfe said. "Every penny of sales
will go to the two organizations we've selected as our partners."

Those two groups are Episcopal Community Services (ECS) of Louisiana
and "LESM on the Bay," a project of Lutheran-Episcopal Services of
Mississippi. Both are volunteer organizations that, while faith-based,
serve their communities without regard to religious affiliation. Each
is actively rebuilding homes in areas ravaged by Katrina.

For more information on "Forgotten but Not Gone" and to sample its
songs, visit http://www.forgotten-but-not-gone.org

The album may be purchased through the Web site or from CD Baby
(http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/various394) for $14.99 plus shipping,
handling, and taxes. The album is also available by sending a check or
money order for $18 per CD to Gulf Coast Relief, Inc., P.O. Box 597,
Hermitage, TN 37076. All proceeds will be equally divided between
Episcopal Community Services of New Orleans and LESM on the Bay in
Mississippi.