American singer Rickie Lee Jones has attacked the policies of the Bush administration on her latest record - despite the potential risk to her career.
Lee Jones took the music world by storm in the late 1970s when her self-titled debut album won best newcomer award at the Grammys.
But despite having vowed to stay away from politics, her latest album, The Evening Of My Best Day, features many political protest songs that directly criticise current US policy.
"To address George Bush and his presidency is a departure from my usual point of view," Lee Jones told BBC World Service's Everywoman programme.
"I usually reflect things totally internally. But I think what is happening in America is so disturbing to me, it becomes internal.
"You can't not address it."
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Rickie Lee Jones also created a website titled "FURNITURE FOR THE PEOPLE- A web community working to bring people together for peace."
http://www.furnitureforthepeople.com/
Posted by erp at January 9, 2004 12:08 AM