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It s Valentine s Day week here at
Alt.Latino HQ. Hopefully you ve known that dizzying feeling of falling in love; if you ve ever been so fortunate, you know that conveying those complex emotions can be quite difficult. And to set those indescribable feelings to music? It s a tough task that s not for the faint of heart!
So this week on the show, we re celebrating one of the masters of the craft, Mexican composer, pianist and vocalist Armando Manzanero. The celebrated musician was revered throughout the Spanish-speaking world for his songs, which were mostly performed by others. He also had admirers on this side of the border in vocalists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet and Abbey Lincoln.
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Woody Guthrie s This Land Is Your Land is considered an alternative national anthem but Native Americans will just as soon point out that the core of the song is a colonialist message. John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images
Woody Guthrie s This Land Is Your Land has long been offered as an alternative national anthem, performed by musicians from Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger to Chicano Batman and Sharon Jones. Its message seems fairly simple we are all equally entitled to the rights of this country, including the land we stand on. But Native Americans will just as soon point out that the core of the song, that this land was made for you and me, is a wholly colonialist message.
Woody Guthrie s This Land Is Your Land has long been offered as an alternative national anthem, performed by musicians from Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger to Chicano Batman and Sharon Jones. Its message seems fairly simple we are all equally entitled to the rights of this country, including the land we stand on. But Native Americans will just as soon point out that the core of the song, that this land was made for you and me, is a wholly colonialist message.
Ever since Jennifer Lopez performed the iconic folk tune within a medley at President Biden s inauguration, alongside America the Beautiful and her own Let s Get Loud, the song s relevance and inclusivity has been called into question, especially as we enter into a new administration that seeks to unite a divided country.
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