Playing for Change, the globetrotting multimedia charity project that blends cutting-edge technology with lo-fi live street performances from artists around the world, is one of the coolest compilations to come out in 2009 — but if you aren’t the kind of person who spends a lot of time watching PBS or thumbing the racks at your local Starbucks, you probably missed it when it was released in April. So here, to help you mend the error of your ways, is something even cooler: the deluxe edition version of the album, which adds a DVD containing the entire Playing for Change documentary, titled Peace through Music, plus bonus material, to the original 10-song CD.

I reviewed the non-deluxe version of the album back in April, and this is what I had to say: (more…)