Dressed in violet and white with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe backstage, Lila Downs seduced Havana. She did it by singing rancheras and impregnated by the musical folklore of her country. Mexico this time was in Lila , who took possession of the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theatre , and not even the thousand omens of San Pedro with its rain, placated the audience who came to see her show called Sins and Miracles .
She took a bottle of Mezcal , sipped a large drink and poured some on the ground , to baptize the land of Silvio and Pablo , as she said last night to begin. With this action she also toasted ” for Havana, for Cuba ” .
Lila had a strong desire to visit the land of immense artists and her face gained colors last night out of satisfaction. Accompanied by eight musicians, the Mexican singer gave an evening of over an hour and a half.
He hits and other popular voices from her country and Latin America were heard. For its part, Downs skirted with the Mexican traditions with La martiniana and Cumbia del mole. It was exciting when the interpreter spoke of the 300 languages that exist in her nation, which have survived, including Spanish colonization and modernity, to establish itself as an eternal symbol of identity and so she sang La iguana.
Lila also talked about important issues in the region and her land as migration , hence shown that sensitivity of hers in Tren del cielo. A figure of Aztec history, Emiliano Zapata, consecrated in music with an exciting Zapata, in whose chorus said: When I dream of you, there is no fear or doubt on my destiny.
The ranchera , another genre internationalized by Lila Downs , make the public ” surrender ” . Fallaste corazon was listened attentively in the audience, because from the stage Lila put to that piece all the appeal of her acting skills and histrionics.
Piensa en mí was a necessary evocation to Luz Casal and that great film of Almodovar “Tacones lejanos”. Meanwhile, she recalled the great Chavela Vargas with an intense Cruz de olvido. She then gave what she called his “Hymn to the corn,” named Comalito. About this cereal she indicated that should never be transgenic and has on people of the countryside, ancestral worshipers.
Twice the singer had to return to the stage after that, her last theme of the concert. Her followers on the island demanded more and Lila sang three more songs: La Llorona , Maybe, maybe … and Black Dove . Her farewell was simple and heartfelt: “Long lives Havana! Long live Cuba! “She said, and disappeared from the scene. Meanwhile, the cheers were on for long minutes.
