Spearhead provide a pre-election tonic

A bunch of us caught Michael Franti and Spearhead on Friday night. The band's multicultural deep grooves, heavily partaking of hiphop and reggae, while also making frequent references to the bedrock roots of blues and jazz, combined with Franti's activist politics (not to mention several Bass Ales) for a perfect breather from election anxiety. Though I could've done with a shorter acoustic solo segment...