*Props to our friends at Latino Rebels for catching this. VL
Grammy winners La Santa Cecilia just published a music video to the band’s remake of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The clip needs no explanation.
According to a report earlier this year, the band’s remake is “a psychedelic cumbia rendition of the Beatles’ iconic ’67 single.
” The group “dedicated ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ to migrant agricultural workers. The recent Grammy winners cited the immigration and deportation of John Lennon as a touchstone to the struggle of migrant workers in the United States.While we are at it, take it away, John.
This article was originally published in Latino Rebels.
[Screenshot courtesy of La Santa Cecilia]