Why Tarka and Friends' Life is the one album you should hear this week – video

# Evan Dando

# Lily Allen

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Tarka Cordell was gearing up to release his solo album Wide Awake in a Dream when he took his own life in 2008. Tim Jonze recommends Life, by Tarka and Friends, which features cover versions of Cordell's songs by his friends including Lily Allen and Evan Dando. It aims to celebrate the life and music of an artist who never found acclaim during his lifetime, as well as raise money for mental health charity Calm

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Tim Jonze, Tom Silverstone and Jonross Swaby

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