Taste Test: Ben Mitchell demands for truth with new political ode, ‘Right to Know’
The Aussie folk singer-songwriter declares his right to know the truth.
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Politics are a nightmare wherever you live. It’s not exclusive to the United States – we were blessed with a sliver of joy this week, at the very least – and the fight is never really over. Australian folk singer-songwriter Ben Mitchell clenches his fists around his guitar, the blood vessels popping and the sweat condensing on his brow, but he’s unmoved. “Right to Know” is as fiercely demanding as any political song can be without severing ties to humanity completely. “We’ve got a right to know / Who you’re selling us to / Who’s buying our hope,” he sings. He’s not resigned; he’s just mad and won’t go down without a fight. But his composure is admirable and electric – extending the kind of intense clarity and focus of which we all could use just a pinch more these days.
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