Margo Price is celebrating July 4 weekend the way we all should: by surprise-releasing a protest album called Days of Unrest. It's a mixtape (per the press release, though we're not sure if that means it's on a cassette) full of covers and a few originals. The highlight is a new recording of Woody Guthrie's 'Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos),' now featuring Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi. There's a video, too, showing the plight of migrant workers under the Trump regime - because nothing says 'fireworks' like systemic injustice.

Price said in a press release, 'I’ve been singing “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” for a couple decades now, so it’s only fitting that I would cover it on Days of Unrest. I first heard it when I was watching Joan Baez and Bob Dylan sing it on The Rolling Thunder Review. Joan Baez has inspired me beyond words, so to have her voice on this recording feels surreal. I’ve taken cues from her career both musically and as I’ve moved into the role of “cultural worker.”' So yes, she's a cultural worker now - union dues presumably paid in protest anthems.

Produced by Matt Ross-Spang, the album includes takes on Bob Dylan's 'Maggie’s Farm' and, with guest Billy Swan, Charlie Daniels' 'Long Haired Country Girl.' There's also a cover of Blaze Foley's 'Oval Room,' which Price notes was written about Ronald Reagan in 1984 but 'feels like it could have been written for any president, especially Trump. The system has always been set up to keep the rich in power and divide the people. Covering this song, as well as the other tracks on Days of Unrest, is how I protest. I’m showing up at the Capitol too, I’m marching beside my brothers Representative Justin Jones & Representative Pearson, but singing this in my live shows has felt cathartic for me and I think it has for my fans too.' So it's cathartic - kind of like yelling at a screen, but with better production values.

The originals include 'Can’t Stand Still' (from her early Nashville band Buffalo Clover) and the three-part instrumental suite 'San Marcos,' written with her partner Jeremy Ivey and recorded with the Price Tags. The album will also be released on vinyl, with a portion of proceeds going to the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. So you can buy it, feel righteous, and help people - all without leaving your couch. Happy birthday, America.