Artists: Michael Gordon, composer; Kronos Quartet

Released on Cantaloupe Music, 2023

Campaign Songs is a collaboration between Michael Gordon and Kronos Quartet intended to galvanize voter turnout in the 2020 election. Recorded in isolation by each member of the Quartet, the eight short pieces that comprise Campaign Songs were accompanied by specially-made video works touching on racial, climate, and economic justice issues.

The cover artwork utilises ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, fragmented in accordance with the distorted quality of the music and the larger political landscape.