Lila Downs Talks New Album 'Balas y Chocolate' & Her Husband's Terminal Diagnosis — billboard.com

“I’ve seen hell; I’ve seen the news” sings Lila Downs at the start of the song “La Patria Madrina.” A video for the track flashes shots of deforestation, oil excavation, headlines of violence in Mexico, and images of war and consumerism that have become part of our daily media feed -- combined with skeleton masks and indigenous warriors. “I think it’s a difficult time to be optimistic,” Downs tells Billboard during a phone conversation from her home in Mexico. “To say, 'We need to get our stuff together, we need to vote and change our leadership.' But a lot of people are feeling obstinate…It’s kind of a fearful moment.”

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