A sober – and sobering – examination of all that is crooked, cockeyed and otherwise out of kilter in America’s current political climate, Life is the latest state of the union address from South Florida stalwart Jim Wurster.

Wurster, who took up the mantle of socially prescient singer/songwriter upon the 1995 dissolution of his  beloved Miami band Black Janet, spent 33 years teaching high school history and has released several well received albums in the Americana genre over the years . As a citizen and an artist, he’s always kept the watchdog’s eye on Washington, turning what he sees as his country’s slow-but-steady descent into malaise and moral bankruptcy into gritty, bare-bones poetry. To that end, he’s been compared to everyone from Leonard Cohen to Townes Van Zandt to Tom Waits.

It's a fascinating conversation and one that will turn anyone into a Jim Wurster fan!