In Los Angeles in 1950 the Chicano enclave Chàvez Ravine was torn down to make way for the Dodger Stadium. Ry Cooder from Santa Monica sees this as a matter of great injustice and delivers a whole album (half in Spanish, half in English) inspired by these events.
The results can be heard in this quirky one of a kind masterpiece.
Cooder may be best remembered for his guitar licks in the Paris, Texas - soundtrack, but this 70-minute suite brimming with Mexican-American musical influences may one day be remembered as his masterpiece.
And deservedly so...