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Steve Earle and Steve Buscemi, photo by Gabriel Barreto<\/em><\/p>\n Steve Earle has released a new music video for \u201cCity of Immigrants,\u201d directed by Steve Buscemi. The new visual companion for the urgent standout from the alt-country pioneer\u2019s 2007 album, Washington Square Serenade,<\/em> was spurred by the anti-immigrant violence carried out with murderous impunity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol agents in communities across the country. With his unfailing reputation for calling out hypocrisy and speaking truth to power through his music, Earle\u2019s new celebration of the cultural melting pot he calls home resonates as a powerful statement of solidarity and a stand against.<\/p>\n Buscemi and Earle\u2019s new video for \u201cCity of Immigrants\u201d reflects New York\u2019s rich cultural multiplicity with street footage of diverse neighborhoods and their denizens, interspersed with footage of Earle and New York-based worldbeat ensemble Forro in the Dark performing in Tompkins Square Park and participants in the No Kings rally in March. The video begins with Earle introducing the song as the closing number at his recent solo acoustic residency at the Grammery Theater by explaining his switch to the bouzouki: \u201cIt\u2019s an immigrant instrument,\u201d he says, \u201cand as an immigrant instrument, it\u2019s the perfect instrument for accompanying us as we sing this song.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n