Guitarist/producer/singer-songwriter Ry Cooder (of Buena Vista Social Club fame) has earned high praise for his recent string of solo albums, which often take on an allegorical, sociopolitical bent. Cooder’s latest effort, Election Special (due August 21 on Nonesuch/Perro Verde) doesn’t mince words. It’s designed to send a message to the “deacons in the High Church [...]