 | Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra [Read More ...]
Description: Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for vocalist Lila Downs. With a voice that is varied in color and range, Lila cuts a striking figure live as well - she embodies the spirit of her music with an emotion-drenched physicality. Lila's profile... |
 | La Cantina [Read More ...]
Description: As a follow-up to her 2005 Latin Grammy win, Mexican-American diva Lila Downs has chosen to release a loving tribute to canciones rancheras, the heartfelt ballads ubiquitous in cantinas throughout Mexico. With their merry accordion riffs and perky snare-led rhythms, the tunes c... |
 | Border (La Linea) [Read More ...]
Description: Singer-songwriter Lila Downs uses these 15 compositions (both originals and covers) to explore the joys and sorrows experienced by Mexican immigrants who cross the border for a better life only to experience exploitation and racism in this country. A child of a Mixtec Indian ... |
 | Una Sangre (One Blood) [Read More ...]
Description: There’s no doubt that singer Lila Downs' profile is on the rise after her appearance in the film Frida and on the accompanying soundtrack, which led to a performance at the 2003 Academy Awards. The dividing lines between cultures and classes are major themes throughout the Mexi... |
 | La Sandunga [Read More ...]
Description: World musician Lila Downs experienced a career renaissance thanks to her contributions to the 2002 Frida movie and soundtrack . After two well-received solo albums, the Narada label has reissued Downs' dramatic debut album, La Sandunga. The singer released the album independently... |
 | Tree of Life [Read More ...]
Description: Lila Downs's sophomore U.S. release sees her take a much more folkloric tack than her debut, delving into the mystical codices of the Mexican Mixtec natives (her ancestry on her mother's side)--not that the entire album is made up of ancestral songs. There's also "Nueve Viento," ... |
 | La Cantina "Entre Copa y Copa" [Read More ...]
Description: Lila Downs is one of the finest and most interesting of all the singers in the world music scene at the moment. A Mexican who was singing Mariachi tunes when she was just 8 years old, but who later became part of the army of "Deadheads" while attending college in Minnesota, Lila... |
 | Pedro Infante [Read More ...]
Top performers pay homage to one of Mexico's most popular singers/actors of all time, Pedro Infante, "King of Mexican Bolero". |
 | La Sandunga [Read More ...]
Lila is down:Wow! This is the first album that I heard of Lila Downs. I was blown away. Her interpretations of the classics had me wanting more. If I have a slight criticism....the mixtec song sounded a bit out of place. |
 | Una Sangre (One Blood) [Read More ...]
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