An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50 chart
Songs Of Disappearance is an entire album of calls from endangered Australian birds. Last month, it briefly perched at No. 3 on the country's top 50 albums chart – ahead of Taylor Swift.
Anthony Albrecht produced the album with his arts organization, the Bowerbird Collective. He's a musician and a Ph.D. candidate at Charles Darwin University, where his adviser is professor Stephen Garnett.
Songs Of Disappearance was released with a university report that found 1 in 6 Australian bird species are now threatened. The album captures 53 of those species.
Proceeds from album sales directly benefit Birdlife Australia, and Dooley says the increased awareness can make a difference.
(NPR.com)
