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Culture

El Paisa showcases Mexican heritage

The Institute of Mexicans abroad reports there are more than 36 million people with Mexican heritage living in the United States. In addition they reported that there are more than 24 million people that are Mexican-born and living in the United States.  The city of Albuquerque is one of the most diverse cities in the country. Hundreds of Mexican families have settled in the largest city in  New Mexico. Southwest Albuquerque has become a point of concentration for the Mexican community.  Bridge Boulevard is brimming with local restaurants that bring a bit of  Mexico to the Duke City for  those who have had to leave their country.   

Jazz Concert
Music

Jazz band celebrates immigrants through music

The Outpost, one of the venues dedicated to jazz music in Albuquerque, hosted Antonio Sánchez & Migration's sold-out show; they presented their new album Lines in The Sand, an album that, in the words of Sánchez, “is dedicated to immigrants.”  Sánchez also won a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for “Birdman” (2015), a film by Alejandro González Iñarritu. “I’m a proud immigrant, a proud Mexican and a proud American that feels torn by the injustices that are being perpetrated against so many innocent people in search of a better life," Sánchez said. "This album is dedicated to them and their journey."

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