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Outlaw for Youby Alejandro Escovedo
Outlaw for You
Alejandro Escovedo
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- Aug 9, 2018
20:06 PMPlaying the Stillaguamish Festival in Arlington, Washington this Sunday August 12th - Aug 3, 2018
17:31 PMOn his scorching, cinematic new concept album The Crossing, Alejandro Escovedo tells the story of two young immigrants – Salvo from Italy, and Diego from Mexico – working in a Texas restaurant in pursuit of the American dream. Mirroring Escovedo’s own experience as the child of Mexican immigrants, and drawing inspiration from his relationship with Italian co-writer Antonio Gramentieri, their journey navigates cultural identity, ancestral weight, minority rights and racism as they realize they have arrived in a different America – one that’s not as open and free as they believed it would be. bit.ly