Dear girlgroup,

In thinking about my year-end list, it occurred to me that there’s
something on it that you folks may not have heard but would be quite
interested in. And in hopes of getting it onto more year end’s than
just mine…

Alicia Bay Laurel is best known for her 1971 handwritten and drawn commune guide “Living on the Earth” (later picked up by Random House, and an international best seller). Alicia became a friend and mentor when I was 15, and I’ve returned the favor by helping to build her website, http://www.aliciabaylaurel.com, and
teaching her how to blog.

Her new album, “What Living’s All About” (available from CDBaby and
her own site) includes an astonishingly powerful protest tune,
“America The Blues,” featuring wild guitar work by Nels Cline and
Alicia sounding more like the Queen of the Punks than the Queen of the
Hippies. I made her promise to make it available for free, because
this song needs to be heard. Please give it a spin if you’re inclined,
and think of it when listing your singles for your year end list.

Alicia says: This is a song about speaking truth to power—not only to
despots, but to our own collective power. The operative lyric here is
VOTE. If everyone who could vote actually did vote, we could elect
representatives who would work with us to reverse the vast
environmental, public health, diplomatic, and human rights problems we
earth-dwellers face, and make this a sustainable, joyful world for all
who live in it, now and in the future.”

More about the song:
http://www.aliciabaylaurel.com/americatheblues

MP3 link:
http://www.aliciabaylaurel.com/amerciathebluespodcast

best regards,
Kim Cooper
Editrix
Scram Magazine
http://www.scrammagazine.com

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