Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Sones de Mexico - Esta Tierra Es Tuya

Sones de Mexico Ensemble is back from Las Vegas, still riding high from their Latin Grammy nomination for their new album – Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land is Your Land) – for Best Folk Album of 2007. While the album did not win, the nomination gave the band and their music visibility on a national scale. The title is homage to the contributions of immigrants, with the title song proclaimed both in Spanish and in English. An especially enjoyable inclusion is an adaptation of the second movement of the Brandenburg Concerto, performed with participation by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with whom they have collaborated in the past.

Esta Tierra Es Tuya is available at the Different Strummer. This is musically an exciting album, and in light of current discussion of immigration, an inspiring statement.

Filed under: Interesting outside the Old Town School by Skip | December 3, 2007 |


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