Lila Downs, La Martiniana (live / en vivo), Paramount Theatre, Oakland, Nov. 6, 2022 (4K)

Lila Downs plays the song "La Martiniana" live in concert at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California on November 6, 2022. La Martiniana is a traditional Oaxacan song adapted and by popularized by Andrés Henestrosa. Downs and her husband, saxophonist Paul Cohen, arranged it for her fifth studio album, Border / La Linea (2001).

Lila Downs is a Grammy and Latin Grammy winning singer-songwriter from Oaxaca, Mexico who writes and performs songs in Spanish as well as indigenous Mexican languages such as Zapotec, Mixtec, Trique, Purépecha, and Mayan. This was a special performance through SFJazz to celebrate Día de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Joining Downs onstage were Rafael Gómez (guitar), Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza (guitar / jarana), Luis Guzmán (bass), Nikki Campbell (percussion), Lautaro “El Primo” Burgos (drums), Josh Deutsch (trumpet), George Sáenz (trombone / accordion), and dancers from Ballet Folklórico El Valle de St. Helena.

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Lila Downs live tour dates (2022):

May 4 - San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
May 5 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre
May 7 - Berkeley, CA @ Zellerbach Hall
May 8 - Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
June 17 - Tijuana, Mexico @ El Foro Tijuana
June 19 - Tlaquepaque, Mexico @ Feria San Pedro
June 28 - Madrid, Spain @ Teatro Coliseum
July 1 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
July 2 - Hernani, Spain @ Chillida Leku
July 4 - Geneva, Switzerland @ Scène Ella Fitzgerald
July 5 - Munich, Germany @ Muffathalle
July 9 - Vigo, Spain @ Mar De Vigo Auditorium
July 10 - Ribadeo, Spain @ O Indiano
July 16 - Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico @ Domo Del Mar
July 21 - Parral, Mexico @ Foro Villista
Aug. 27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Mexican Fiesta / Festival Park
Sept. 10 - Santiago De Querétaro, Mexico @ Auditorio Josefa Ortiz De Dominguez
Sept. 15 - Acapulco De Juárez, Mexico @ Plaza Álvarez
Sept. 18 - Ciudad De Tlatlauquitepec, Mexico @ Feria De Tlatlauquitepec
Oct. 2 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Glasbe Sveta
Oct. 4 - Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Konzerthaus
Oct. 6 - Gran Canaria, Spain @ Teatro Perez Galdos
Oct. 8 - Aviles, Spain @ Teatro Palacio Valdés
Oct. 9 - O Grove, Spain @ Fiesta Del Marisco
Oct. 11 - Ponferrada, Spain @ Teatro Bergidum
Oct. 12 - Zaragoza, Spain @ Fiestas Del Pilar
Oct. 14 - Pamplona, Spain @ Auditorio Baluarte
Oct. 20 - Guanajuato, Mexico @ Festival Cervantino
Oct. 22 - Guadalajara, Mexico @ Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso
Oct. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater
Oct. 28 - Denver, CO @ Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 5 - Modesto, CA @ Gallo Center For the Arts
Nov. 6 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
Nov. 8 - Costa Mesa, CA @ Segerstrom Concert Hall
Nov. 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
Nov. 12 - Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center

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La Martiniana lyrics / letra:

Niña, cuando yo muera
No llores sobre mi tumba
Toca sones alegres, mi vida
Cántame La Sandunga

Toca el Bejuco de Oro
La flor de todos los sones
Canta La Martiniana, mi vida
Que alegra los corazones

No me llores, no, no me llores no
Porque si lloras yo peno
En cambio si tú me cantas, mi vida
Yo siempre vivo, yo nunca muero

Si quieres que no te olvide
Si quieres que te recuerde
Toca sones alegres, mi vida
Música que no muere

No me llores, no, no me llores no
Porque si lloras yo peno
En cambio si tú me cantas, mi vida
Yo siempre vivo, yo nunca muero

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Lila Downs' SFJazz show announcement:

SF Jazz: Día De Los Muertos: Al Chile / Day Of The Dead Celebration

With “a stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian roots” (LA Times), Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning vocalist Lila Downs is one of the most celebrated singers of her generation. She brings a special night of music to the Paramount, celebrating Día de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead featuring folklorico dancing, a Mariachi band, stunning visual projections and more.

A native of Oaxaca, Downs built a career bridging cultures and languages, both as a musician and social activist for humanitarian causes. Growing up as the daughter of a Mixtec singer and a renowned American photographer, Downes blended a deep passion for the traditions of her homeland with an ingrained wanderlust. With guidance from her mother and inspiration from Mexican vocal greats Chavela Vargas and Lucha Villa balanced by the gamut of American music she heard in the US, Downs began singing rancheras at eight and explored the indigenous music of the Mixtec and Zapotec traditions of Oaxaca.

She made her major label debut with 1999’s jazz-informed La Sandunga, and her contributions to the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic Frida elevated her status to that of major international star. Downs has become recognized worldwide as a global ambassador for Mexico’s folkloric traditions and champion for the preservation of native Mexican culture, recording songs in indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, Trique, and Purépecha languages. Her latest Sony Music album, Al Chile, honors the food, women, and culture of Mexico.

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