Ana Tijoux’s newest project in over a decade, titled “Vida,” is a beautiful expression of joy as resistance. Tijoux turned immense personal loss and intense emotions surrounding current political events into incredible, danceable tunes with powerful lyrics. The immigrant experience is also crucial to understanding the soundscape of “Vida,” as Tijoux is the daughter of Chilean political exiles who settled in France, and later was able to return to her home country of Chile, from where much of her musical inspiration stems. The joyous resistance of “Vida” is needed now more than ever, and Ana Tijoux has graciously shared with the world her story of personal resistance