In June 2023, Blue Rose, an artist collective created by media and technology executive Joe Poletto, announced a special LP release, Sanctuary Vol 1, with 100% of the sales going to benefit The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary. The sanctuary was created in 2013 in honor of Catherine Violet Hubbard, a six-year-old killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Created by Catherine’s parents, Jenny and Matt Hubbard, the sanctuary is in Newtown, Connecticut on 34 acres of farmland donated by the state of Connecticut. The goal of the sanctuary is to provide “a place of compassion and acceptance where all creatures will know they are safe and people are kind, just as Catherine would have wanted.”
The purple vinyl is limited to 1000 copies. All the artists donated their music for the LP. (As of January 2024, there were copies still available for order here.)
For more information on The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary go to: https://www.cvhfoundation.org/
The first track is Brandi Carlile’s The Mother from the 2018 album, By The Way, I Forgive You.
The full track list is:
Side A:
- “The Mother” – Brandi Carlile
- “Humble & Kind” – Lori McKenna
- “God Only Knows” – Bonnie Raitt
- “Mercy Now” – Mary Gauthier
- “In My Life” – Madison Cunningham
- “Stars” – Grace Potter and The Nocturnals
Side B:
- “Stones In the Road” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
- “Mighty Storm” – Dead Horses
- “The Wood Song” – Indigo Girls
- “Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)” – The Chicks
- “Sanctuary” – Eliza Gilkyson
