"Sampler" albums make good Christmas gifts, especially if you're not sure any one artist quite fits the recipient's taste in music. And it's even better if the album raises money for a good cause.

What CDs do you know of that fit this description?

Oh, yeah. "Folksy" ones, preferably.

Here are a few I recently found on the Internet. I don't have the albums—yet, anyway.

"The Silverwolf Homeless Project"
1. Invisible Lady - Cheryl Wheeler
2. Noah Nelson - Ken Gaines
3. The Gypsy Life - John Gorka
4. Room Here for Another - John McCutcheon
5. Just a Bum - Greg Brown
6. Picnic - Bill Morrissey
7. William and Fred - Jon Ims
8. Driftwood - Tom Prasada-Rao
9. Justiceville - John Stewart
10. We Ain't Got No Home - Stark Raving Chandler
11. Hard Times Are Here Again - Tom Paxton
12. Old Bones - Crow Johnson
13. I Told Him My Dog Wouldn't Run - Patty Larkin
14. Tuck and Roll Dream - Michael Elwood, Beth Galiger
15. Geraldine and Ruthie Mae - Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
16. Coming Up - Ani DiFranco

Earthjustice:

"Where We Live," EMI CD 593084, 2004
1. Peace - Norah Jones
2. I Shall Not Be Moved - Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Ry Cooder
3. What's Going On [live] - Lobos
4. Watching the River Flow - Bob Dylan
5. It's a Blessing - Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt
6. Estampa - Rubén Blades
7. What a Wonderful World - Dan Zanes & Friends, Lou Reed
8. Yes I Will - Michael Franti, Spearhead
9. Living in the Promiseland - Willie Nelson
10. Sister Rosa - Neville Brothers
11. More Than a Paycheck - Sweet Honey in the Rock
12. Two Little Feet - Karen Savoca
13. Getting There - Mose Allison
14. A Change Is Gonna Come - Tina Turner, Robert Cray
15. I Know I've Been Changed - John Hammond, Tom Waits
16. Happy Earthday - Captain Beefheart

"Fish Tree Water Blues," Rounder CD 619618, 1999
1. Stone River - J.J. Cale
2. Fuel - Ani DiFranco
3. Victims of Comfort - Keb' Mo'
4. The Road You Choose - Branford Marsalis, Joe Walker 6:23
5. Highway 13 - John Lee Hooker, John Hammond
6. Mother Earth - Tracy Nelson
7. Blue, Blue World - Roomful Of Blues
8. I'll Fly Away from Here - Mavis Staples
9. Hard Day on the Planet - Loudon Wainwright III
10. Rollin' River - Alvin Youngblood Hart
11. Forecast (Calls for Pain) [live/#] - Robert Cray Band
12. Ice Water in Your Veins - Ruth Brown
13. Take Me to the River - Ratdog, Charlie Musselwhite
14. Take It to the Limit - Etta James