04-Jun-2020 | Blood Red Blues (Protest Song) - The Devonns

Blood Red Blues (Protest Song) - The Devonns

Listen to "Blood Red Blues (Protest Song)" by Chicago soul sensation The Devonns off their upcoming debut album on Record Kicks.
 
The second single taken from The Devonns' upcoming self-titled debut album is called “Blood Red Blues (Protest Song)”. Watch the video up here. The full album will be available on June 5th 2020 via Record Kicks.
 
About the new single, singer Mat Ajjarapu states: “I wrote this song about my frustration with the lack of progress America has made on issues such as the Trayvon Martin case or the Sandy Hook massacre. It’s like everyone here is mad about those things, but no one actually has any power to change them.  When I wrote it… I had been listening to both Sam Cooke’s and Aretha Franklin’s version of a “A Change is Gonna Come,” as well as “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye. And I remember trying to imagine if Sam Cooke or Marvin Gaye could somehow come back from the dead and see how things had changed in 30 or 40 years, how might they feel? I think they’d probably feel pretty disappointed at a minimum”