¡Spangled!

Since he released his second album, Discover America, in 1972, Van Dyke Park's career has found him returning again and again to the notion of how cultures merge and clash through music, with no shortage of wit and imagination as he observes how America views the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world views America.

Even if you neglected to listen to a single lyric, ¡Spangled! still comes off as a powerful political statement. Performed by 37-year old Gu...