Darwin Song Project

Darwin Song Project
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released31 August 2009 UK
Recorded19 March 2009
VenueTheatre Severn, Shrewsbury
GenreFolk
Length72mins, 35 seconds
LabelShrewsbury Folk Festival/Proper Records
ProducerNeil Pearson, Stu Hanna

Darwin Song Project is a compilation album, released on 7 September 2009. It features folk artists from the UK and North America, who were tasked with the creation of new songs that had a "resonance and relevance to Charles Darwin". The artists gathered together for seven days in a farmhouse in Shropshire to compose the songs. The artists were: Chris Wood, Karine Polwart, Jez Lowe, Mark Erelli, Emily Smith, Rachael McShane, Krista Detor and Stu Hanna.