Sheryl Crow is going the extra mile to get people registered to vote - she’s giving away free music!

Her plan?

To give away a digital copy of her album “Detours” to the first 50,000 people who register three friends to vote. The promotion is connected with Rock the Vote and also includes a smaller giveaway of her song “Gasoline” to anyone on the Rock the Vote mailing list or anyone that logs on to Rock the Vote Web site.

takepart to register and get some free Sheryl Crow. After the jump are some classic Crow videos (including an awesome Sesame Street performance and her Darfur Now PSA)

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Music meets the great outdoors with Walmart’s new ‘green’ albums - they now contain a paper insert that, when planted correctly, will grow wildflowers. All albums from Universal Music Group (UMG) - including the new Sheryl Crow, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, and Counting Crows albums - will contain the inserts as part of Walmart’s “Earth Month” promotion.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Surfaces 120 Years Later

Hallelujah For American Idol, Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen

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Nicole:

Google Gives Free Voicemail to San Francisco Homeless

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Turnes 80

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Giulia:

Patrick Swayze’s Cancer Battle

Koby Bryant’s PSA for ASR

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Gina:

Reese’s Empowering Bracelet

“Chop Shop” - Dreams In a Place of Despair

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Kerry:

Bamboo Laptop: Will Apple Be Green with Envy?

The Explosive Truth About Twinkies

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5. The Top 10 Movie Characters That Made a Difference
6. Sheryl Crow’s Apocalyptic Peak Oil Song
7. (Some Of) The Decade’s Best Portrayals of Women in Film
8. Hallelujah For American Idol, Jeff Buckley & Leonard Cohen
9. Bamboo Laptop: Will Apple Be Green With Envy?
10. Solar Powered Soldiers Wear A Uniform With Built-In Batteries

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Jason Castro sang Hallelujah on Tuesday’s American Idol, which made Simon, a fan of Jeff Buckley’s cover of the song, a very happy judge. But the irony of the Hallelujah’s American Idol-level popularity is that when Canadian singer songwriter Leonard Cohen first recorded the song in 1984 on his Various Positions album, Columbia records opted not to release the record because, at this point, Cohen was not as popular as he once was in America. But Cohen remained popular in Europe and in his native Canada. And Hallelujah wound up being one of his most popular songs ever. It was covered by artists including Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, Regina Spektor, Bono, K.D. Lang, Sheryl Crow, John Cale to name just a few. But it was the late Jeff Buckley’s cover which became the most well known, and was ranked #259 on Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” and dubbed “the most perfect song ever” by Q Magazine.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is now here to give you the very best of Katie, Nicole, Giulia, Gina and Kerry! If you worry about missing your favorite bloggers’ posts as they push their way down the page each and every week - Never Fear! Check out our most popular posts of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Woody Guthrie: This Grammy Is Your Grammy / This Grammy Is My Grammy

Rambo Fights for Burma’s Freedom + 5 Steps You Can Take To Help Burma In 5 Minutes

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Nicole:

“Yes We Can” Obama Music Video a Unique Celebrity Endorsement

Top 10 US Grant, Scholarship and Fellowship Awarding Foundations

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Giulia:

Ba-Da-Bling Commercials Pulled in New York

“Safe Sex or No Sex” Shirts Get Teens Suspended

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Gina:

10 Internet Videos Featuring Celebrities Advocating For A Cause

Close Up: An Introduction to Iranian Cinema and Cinematic Rainbows

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Kerry:

Sheryl Crow’s Apocalyptic Peak-Oil Song

Solar Powered Soldiers Wear Uniforms with Built-In Batteries

“Gasoline,” from Sheryl Crow’s just-released Album “Detours,” is set in 2017, and foresees a nightmarish future when the world runs out of gas:

It was the summer of the riots

And London sat in sweltering heat

And the gangs of Mini Coopers

Took the battle to the streets

But when the creed was handed down

For no more trucks and no more cars

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By Giulia RozziIn a culture filled with so many music videos celebrating materialism, sexism and violence, it’s so refreshing to see an artist using their powers for good as Sheryl Crow has done here in her latest video “Shine Over Babylon”.Whether not you are a Sheryl Crow fan, there’s no denying that her use of lyrics and visuals convey a powerful message about the many issues currently affecting the world.