Jason Mandell is a singer and songwriter in Los Angeles. After releasing several albums with his band The Coals ("romantic, musically poetic material that gnarled Nashville bards would kill for" - LA Weekly), he is out on his own. "Soul of America" is his first single, written and recorded in 2019. In the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, it is a lament for our nation's woes and a prayer for its healing.