While you may like this album more or less depending on your political spectrum, you can’t help but appreciate John Daversa’s ambitious musical project. Featuring 53 “Dreamers” on this recording, from 17 different states/area and 17 different birth countries, this album has vignettes spoken by various “dreamers” such as Caliph, Saba, Danzel and Edson telling their life stories in between musical stories performed by a UN of artists.
Musically, you get a rocking and fun funky take of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” with some nice drumming on an assertive and double entendre’d “Don’t Fence Me In.” A peppy take of “Stars and Stripes Forever” and lively “America the Beautiful” include Daversa’s bright horn, whle you get moving strings on “Deportee” and a funky soul for “Living in America.” A good soundtrack for an important debate.