Latino reworking of US national anthem 'a gift to the people'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article360821.ece
By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Published: 29 April 2006
America's immigrant workers already have a cause and, as a wave of mass
street protests continues to grow, seemingly unstoppable momentum. Now,
if they want it, they also have an anthem: a Spanish-language version
of The Star Spangled Banner, whose release on a small indie label has
stirred outrage among white conservatives.
The record, produced by a British-born music impresario, Adam Kidron,
features a Live Aid-style line-up of Latino artists including Wyclef
Jean, from Haiti, Gloria Trevi, from Mexico and Don Omar, Carlos Ponce
and Olga Tanon, from Puerto Rico. Together with the rapper Pitbull,
they sing the American national anthem in a Spanish translation, under
the title "Nuestro Himno", or "Our Anthem".
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