Boat People
2018 · Portland, Oregon
- Artist
- No-No Boy
- Title
- Boat People
- Release
- 1942
- Year
- 2018
- Format
- Digital · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Songwriter
- Julian Saporiti
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Track 2 of 1942 (4:38): a doctor's escape from Vietnam by sea, pirates included, set beside the singer's mother's own emigration and today's arguments over immigration. [From the Bandcamp lyrics]
About the artist
Born Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Currently Portland, Oregon, USA. Folk project of Vietnamese-American songwriter and historian Julian Saporiti, whose songs draw on Asian American history. [Source: Rate Your Music]
Themes
From the release 1942
In collections
Other Vietnamese Songs · Vietnamese Boat People / Refugee Crisis