While fans have been waiting for Cherine Anderson to release her first EP - The Introduction Dub Style, due later this month - the dancehall-soul singer has been sharing the stage with Michael Franti for an upbeat song about the president-elect. Anderson, Franti & Spearhead perform "Barack Obama" along with the help of hip hop artists Solliloquists of Sound. It's an energetic song with a reggae skank and the chorus basically chants the soon-to-be President's name. They haven't recorded the song yet, but they've played it live a few times. The best recording I could find is this fan video at the Nokia Theater in NYC:

Cherine Anderson recently told Splash that the president's peeps heard the song and invited them to perform it in Washington on January 19 and 20, 2009 - at the ceremonies that welcome our 44th President to office! Anderson told Splash:

"a couple of people from Obama's camp saw us performing and became really excited about it and made a couple calls."

Read more about this and her upcoming new EP over at PartyXtraz Blog.