For the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Air Traffic Control released the digital benefit album, Dear New Orleans, with proceeds going to Sweet Home New Orleans. The album includes songs by artists  ATC brought to New Orleans after the storm to participate in activism workshops including Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Patrick Hallahan, and many more.

To help promote the album, ATC has released a series of videos to YouTube. Here’s Tom Morello:

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Here’s a performance by San Francisco indie folk artists Thao and Mirah:

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Here’s the Mekons/Waco Brothers’ Jon Langford (who did the album’s cover) performing a stripped-down version of “Last Fair Deal Gone Down”:

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Here’s Flobots’ Jonny 5 talking about media coverage of Katrina, New Orleans and their contribution to Dear New Orleans:

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