I've been a fan of the angel voice of Annie Lennox since I first heard her rip through the wash of Dave Stewart's guitar in the Eurhythmics and their take no prisoners attack on musical mediocrity sucked me in and wouldn't let go. I gained a whole new way of looking at my "call to ministry" when Annie belted out her instructions regarding a certainMissionary Man.
In the time since that time she seems to just keep moving forward, leaping higher, digging deeper; getting broader, stronger, more interesting and more amazing with each album.
Her new album - Songs of Mass Destruction - which came out today, is probably the only entertainment material in the universe that could, in my mind, upstage the release today of The Boss's new album, Magic.
And with one song - "Womankind" - she reasserts the great big thing I most love about everything she does. In what she sings, says and becomes - with the entire personna that she creates - Annie shows me just why, and just how much, I really love the reality that is WOMAN.
In addition... the album features an incredible "Choir of 23" joining an astonishing choir of women from South Africa on the song SING! a truly mesmerizing musical call to arms for the struggle to stop the continuing spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. To accompany the song, there is a website where you can get information on what's going on with this deeply important mission.This is where art and life meet in the middle of the pavement... the place where the passion that rises when voices are raised is put to use to change the way of the world.
Sing My Sister Sing! Let Your Voice Be Heard!
