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The songs on Running for the Drum include "No No Keshages " a fiery protest dance song set to a driving powwow beat : "America the Beautiful" a striking new arrangement of the familiar song that includes a nod to the country's Native peoples; "To the End of the World"an old fashioned R&B love song; " Cho Cho Fire," a dance/rock song that uses a sample from the Black Lodge Singers; and "When I Had You" a torch song drenched with smoky,late night piano bar melancholy " The music is my usual whiplash collection of manty styles-pop,protest,country,rock,dance-remix,rockabilly and big love songs,"
