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Steve Earle: "Mississippi, It's Time!"

Michael Simmons, Huffington Post, 11 September 2015

"IT'S LARGELY ABOUT EMPATHY," says Steve Earle of his mandate as a songwriter. "The job is about empathy whether you're writing love songs or political songs." The musician, author, actor and activist's newest song hits iTunes today and it clearly shows how empathy can be the prime motivation for the political. Entitled 'Mississippi, It's Time', it's his response to the Confederate flag controversy that flared following the church massacre of nine black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina in June.

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