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Lila Downs
©Lila Downs/NARADA
Born: Jan 1, 1968 in Oaxaca, Mexico
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Styles: Latin Folk, Mexican Folk, Cumbia
Biography: Singer Lila Downs grew up with the culture of her father, a professor from the United States, but eventually turned her back on it to explore the tradition of her mother, a Mixteca Indian from Mexico. In doing so, she has created a very individual strain of song that has indigenous Mexican roots and ...Read full biography
Una Sangre (One Blood)
Una Sangre (One Blood)
Released: 2004
Label: Narada
Critics' Rating:
Una Sangre (One Blood), Lila Downs' fourth album for the Narada label, is her most restless. Downs is best known to American audiences for her appearance in the film Frida (about the legendary Mexican ...Read full review
Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra
Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra
Released: 2008
Label: Manhattan
Critics' Rating:
Lila Downs' Shake Away is easily the most polished and refined release since she released Ofrenda in 1994. By turns, it is also the most ambitious. Co-produced by Downs, longtime collaborators Paul Cohen, ...Read full review
More Lila Downs albums: Main Albums (10), Compilations (3), Others (1)
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