There are certain ideas that become so familiar that we stop questioning them. The American Dream. The melting pot. The land of the free. They are phrases that have travelled around the world, becoming part of the mythology of a country that has always presented itself as a place where anyone can build a better life.
But what happens when those ideals meet the reality of people’s lives?
That is the question at the heart of Rose Wollman’s new album, Becoming America, and it is a question the music approaches not through speeches or political arguments, but through individual voices, histories and experiences.
