The artists include Sting, Garbage, Rush, Suzanne Vega, Jonatha Brooke, and Alanis Morissette.

The album is an initiative to support Tibet, the promotion of peace, basic fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and religion and the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

On August 5, 2008, the Art of Peace Foundation released the video "Songs for Tibet: Freedom Is Expression," which was directed by Mark Pellington.

1 Rock Album on iTunes in the United States, France, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands.

[2] The track "Hope" by Rush was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards.