Voodoo Fest 2008: Artists get political

Well kids, I'm back from a crazy lil' weekend in New Orleans, the site of the annual Voodoofest. In it's tenth year the three-day festival hosted some of the biggest acts in music, that ranged from chart toppers Lil' Wayne and Panic At The Disco to alternative giants Stone Temple Pilots and Nine Inch Nails.

Joss Stone hits the stage at the 10th Annual Voodoo Fest in New Orleans, L.A. (Jasper McNichols, WPIX / October 24, 2008)

With a historical election looming, talking politics became the ongoing theme for just about every act that hit the stage. Read how Voodoo artists got their politics on after the jump.