Ode to Immigrant Workers

Beat Latino with Catalina Maria Johnson

This week, Beat Latino celebrates immigrant workers, and honors the memory of Miguel Luna, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Dorlian Cabrera, José Maynor Lopez, Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Carlos LNU — Immigrant workers fixing potholes in the middle of the night on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, named for the author of the Star-Spangled Banner. They were killed when the bridge collapsed. Songs from musicians with roots in their homelands – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador are the selection of this week’s Beat Latino. ¡Vivan all immigrant workers!

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)	K’NAAN, Residente, Riz Ahmed, Snow Tha Product	The Hamilton Mixtape.	Hamilton Uptown Limited Liability Company under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.	206	04:42
La Frontera	Lhasa De Sela	The Living Road.	Les Disques Audiogramme inc.	2003	03:03
Era Primavera	Chicano Batman	Notebook Fantasy.	ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.	2024	04:11
El Zope	Cartas a Felice	La Lotería.	Cartas a Felice	2021	04:04
Alma Mestiza	Rebeca Lane	Alma Mestiza.	MiCuarto Studios	2017	03:41
Laru Beya	Aurelio	Darandi.	Real World Productions Ltd	2016	03:54
Color De Dolor	Angélica Garcia	Single.	Partisan Records	2024	03:17
Luna de Xelajú (feat. Oscar Isaac)	Gaby Moreno, Oscar Isaac	X Mí (Vol. 1).	aby Moreno under exclusive license to Cosmica Artists	2023	03:18
Tierra de la Dulce Espera	Manuel Obregón y la Orquesta de la Papaya	Navegando: Un Tributo a Guillermo Anderson.	Costa Norte Records	2018	04:31
Cancion Mixteca – Live	Texas Tornados	Live From Austin, TX.	New West Records, LLC	2005	03:09
Somos	Sara Curruchich	Somos.	SARA CURRUCHICH	2019	03:17
Costa y Calor	Guillermo Anderson	Pobre Marinero.	Costa Norte Records	2000	03:00
México Lindo y Querido / Cielito Lindo (En Vivo)	Ana Gabriel	Ana Gabriel en la Plaza de Toros México.	Sony Music Entertainment (México) S.A. de C.V.	1998	05:52