Jim James and Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, Sam Bush, Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) and several other members of the Louisville music community shared a new single entitled “Lift Up Louisville.” The collaborative project was led by Louisville Orchestra conductor Teddy Abrams who was asked by Mayor Greg Fischer to take part in the city’s Lift Up Lou initiative in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 29 sheltering-in-place musicians participated in creating “Lift Up Louisville,” which was produced by Kevin Ratterman and issued by the Louisville-based label sonaBLAST! Records. The song was constructed from a piano track Abrams created that the other musicians recorded additional parts for, which were then combined by co-producer Ben Sollee. The lyrics were written by James, Oldham, Scott Carney of Wax Fang and Jecorey 1200 Arthur.