Spearhead

Michael Franti of Oakland, California, is a spiritual and musical heir of a long-past era of
socially conscious street poets like Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets. Blessed with a rich,
resonant baritone and an easy way with metaphor ("The harder they hit us, the louder we
become" he says on "Skin on the Drum"), Franti is a singer and rapper who cushions his
heavy messages of political and racial protest in a bed of homespun soul as well... More >