Cover of the month - “Sinnerman”
A couple of weeks ago, I pulled out a guitar I haven’t played in years. It was the Spanish classical guitar I learned on way back in the early nineties.
Back then, I wanted to be Judy Collins or Joan Baez, and I sang traditional folk and protest songs, much to the bewilderment of my fun-loving, beer-drinking audience.
Playing that guitar again brings back a lot of memories, reminding me of those old songs and their tales of sorrow and redemption.
In honour of my good old guitar, and those good old days, this month’s cover is of the traditional spiritual “Sinnerman”.
The song was most famously and most awesomely rendered by the peerless Nina Simone in the mid-60’s. At that time, there was a lot to account for in a culture of war, greed, and deception.
The song still resonates today as our corporatocracy staggers ever onward. Wall Street is panicking and big financial companies are teetering on the edge of collapse. And where are they going to run to on that day?
Tags: Cover Of The Month, Sarah St. Catherine, Sinnerman
