Red Hot + Rhapsody, the latest album from the Red Hot Organization benefiting

AIDS relief, is scheduled for release Oct. 6. The album features such contemporary

artists as former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant, trip-hoppers

Morcheeba, alternative-funkers Luscious Jackson, Irish chanteuse

Sinéad O'Connor and crooner Duncan Sheik, covering the

songs of American songwriter George Gershwin. A one-off promotional concert

to celebrate the release of the album -- featuring Merchant, Sheik, Morcheeba and

rappers the Roots -- is also scheduled for the day of release in New York City.