Our final anti-Trump song of the week comes courtesy of Adia Victoria, a “gothic blues” singer-songwriter based in Nashville.
This is one of the better songs in the 30 Days, 30 Songs project, both in concept and execution. Victoria’s track is a mournful acknowledgement that Trump’s success proves nearly half the country is, to quote our next president, deplorable.
I noticed today that 30 Days, 30 Songs re-branded itself recently to 30 Days, 40 Songs. I guess they’ve had no problem finding artists willing to submit songs bashing Donald Trump.
Today’s selection, like so many of these, is from an artist new to me. Sam Cohen is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who has performed as a solo artist and with a couple of bands over the past seven years. He has a nice sound.
Our latest 30 Days, 30 Songs anti-Trump song comes from the rap band, clipping., a Los Angeles-based outfit that features none other than Hamilton‘s Tony-winning Daveed Diggs.
The band offered up a thoughtful, lengthy introduction to their song, so I’ll shut my trap and turn this over to them.
When I first heard R.E.M. was contributing a song to the 30 Days, 30 Songs anti-Trump project, I was giddy. I figured the prospect of a racist, misogynist narcissist ascending to the highest office in the world is what it took to reunite one of my favorite bands ever.
Alas, their offering turned out to be not a new song but a previously unreleased live version of a track from their 1988 album, Green.
Happy Halloween! An appropriate day to once again contemplate the possibility of a Donal Trump presidency.
This week I’ll feature five more songs from the 30 Days, 30 Songs project, which unveils a new anti-Trump track every day during the month leading up to the election.
Today’s selection is from Helado Negro, stage name of Roberto Carlos Lange, a Brooklyn-based singer.
