Singer/songwriter Lila Downs Protests Child Detention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVkXNDgNnQ

Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs appeared at UC Davis last night.  Earlier this year, she released a over of Manu Chao’s “Clandestino” with her own unique twist. She played the song last night. 

The original song speaks to undocumented communities living in hiding. Downs’ rendition is a lively cumbia take on the original, with a focus on current issues at the U.S.-Mexico border as she sings, “If we don’t fight for the children, what will become of us?”

“I mention the immigrant children in the detention centers and sing from the feminine perspective, about the thousands of women and children who migrate today,” she said in an interview with Rolling Stone.

KJ