"Vote Black President" by Kokolo (free download below)
NYC-based Afro-Latin jazz/funk band, Kokolo (aka Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra), was really ahead of the curve when they released this song last year on their third album Love International which I can't find anywhere. I know it's from 2007, but it's so appropriate, I had to post it.
For a limited time, you can download this song for free here--click on the link that has the name of the song plus "(ysi)" after it--but if you do, please support them by downloading at least one other song of theirs from iTunes, eMusic, etc. The only reason I'm listing the song here for free is because I couldn't find any other paid option.
Their new album, Heavy Hustling, will be out February 2009. Catch Kokolo live--they are supposed to have a killer show. Tour dates are on their MySpace page.
Performing the song "Heaven" live in Cambridge, England with Gilles Peterson:
