Sweet Honey in the Rock addresses political issues in song
By Zeke Turner | January 26, 2009Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the middle of Friday night's concert in Spaulding Auditorium, Carol Maillard, a founding member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, stopped to tell the audience about the a cappella group's CDs and tote bags, which would be on sale during intermission. "I've just been given an assignment, which I will execute faithfully," she said, taking a lighthearted jab at Chief Justice John Roberts' fouled-up administration of the oath of office to President Barack Obama during Tuesday's inauguration.