On June 9, 2008 Coffman teamed with the Denver based hip-hop/rock band Flobots to produce an original webcomic that features stories based on real life accounts of their fans and inspiring social change.
The 2012 Flobots song "Wrestling Israel" repeats the phrase "there's a balm in Gilead."
De colores has been recorded by many different artists, including Los Lobos, Joan Baez, Raffi, Nana Mouskouri, Tish Hinojosa, Arlo Guthrie, José-Luis Orozco, Justo Lamas, Baldemar Velasquez, Tara Strong and Rachael Cantu ; as well as being referred to in the Flobots song "Handlebars"
Flobots signed to Universal Republic, who reissued their second album, Fight with Tools, which was originally released in October 2007.