Listen to this when
Jaula de Oro
For when the life you built feels like a golden cage 🕊️
Who it's for
This corrido about US immigration describes life as a "golden cage": material security that comes with fear, isolation and a growing distance from one's roots and children.
Trapped and homesick→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Jaula de Oro" ("Golden Cage") is a norteño corrido written by Enrique Franco and recorded by Los Tigres del Norte in 1983 as the title track of their album Jaula de Oro.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
