Allow me to (self-)indulge you with my first new roundup of 2012.
I missed this last year, would’ve easily been in my Top 10, especially appropriate after today’s ‘settlement’:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXHckAFMzaw[/youtube]
Ry Cooder: ‘No Banker Left Behind’
Two spectacular performances to kick off the year:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlXkKCa2yy0[/youtube]
Michael Kiwanuka: ‘I’m Getting Ready’
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx6ToExlKzA[/youtube]
Chuck Prophet: ‘White Night, Big City’ (dedicated to Harvey Milk & SF Mayor George Moscone)
Coming to the Queen Feb. 29!:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ved7J0wuXw&feature=related[/youtube]
(The MightyMighty) Carolina Chocolate Drops: ‘Memphis Shakedown’
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLd6aAm9Wk[/youtube]
Eilen Jewell & the Sacred Shakers: ’12 Gates to the City’
Eilen’s rendition of that Rev. Gary Davis tune led me to this. Words fail me:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsviSNB0DRk&feature=related[/youtube]
Reverend Gary Davis: ‘Death Don’t Have No Mercy’