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Lila Downs was born in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca in 1968, and grew up there and in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began singing ranchera music at an early age, and later sang at the fiestas of the towns in her mountain region, la Mixteca. She sang with the band Los Cadetes de Yodoyuxi and later with La Trova Serrana, a group of folk musicians from the Zapotec town of Guelatao, Oaxaca. At that time she met her musical collaborator Paul Cohen and began to create her own musical compositions, which tap into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl cultures. Cohen went on to become both Downs’s husband and her artistic director.
Downs is the daughter of Mixtec cabaret singer Anita Sánchez and Allen Downs, a Scottish/English-American professor of art and cinematographer from Minnesota. She grew up partly in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, partly in California as a teen, and Minnesota as an adult where she studied voice and social anthropology at the University of Minnesota. She also studied in a school of fine arts (Bellas Artes) in Oaxaca when she later returned to Mexico where she learned to weave.
In recent years, Downs and her band have toured widely in Mexico, South America, the US and Europe. She was also heard in the soundtrack to the movie Frida in a song, Burn it Blue, that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song and that she performed at the 75th Academy Awards. Other songs that she performed on the soundtrack are “Benediction and Dream,” “Estrella Oscura,” and “La Llorona.” Other movies with a Lila Downs song are Tortilla Soup, Real Women Have Curves and Fados by Carlos Saura. She was also invited to the Twelve Girls Band’s concert in Shanghai, where she sings in French and English.
Downs is the daughter of Mixtec cabaret singer Anita Sánchez and Allen Downs, a Scottish/English-American professor of art and cinematographer from Minnesota. She grew up partly in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, partly in California as a teen, and Minnesota as an adult where she studied voice and social anthropology at the University of Minnesota. She also studied in a school of fine arts (Bellas Artes) in Oaxaca when she later returned to Mexico where she learned to weave.
In recent years, Downs and her band have toured widely in Mexico, South America, the US and Europe. She was also heard in the soundtrack to the movie Frida in a song, Burn it Blue, that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song and that she performed at the 75th Academy Awards. Other songs that she performed on the soundtrack are “Benediction and Dream,” “Estrella Oscura,” and “La Llorona.” Other movies with a Lila Downs song are Tortilla Soup, Real Women Have Curves and Fados by Carlos Saura. She was also invited to the Twelve Girls Band’s concert in Shanghai, where she sings in French and English.
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Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
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Tu Recuerdo Y Yo
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La Cucaracha
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Amarga Navidad
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voltaholic wrote:
si les gusta Lila downs, chequen a Lhasa de Sela! y únanse al grupo :) http://www.lastfm.es/group/Lhasa+de+Sela
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
Jajajajaja, OPORTUNISTA, JAJAJAJAJAJA.
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Daxo_30 wrote:
D3b3ri4 73n3r + scrobblings ):)
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favourite_treat wrote:
chingona chingona, quiero verla en vivo!!!
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semenretentum wrote:
Oportunista.
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tyrique12 wrote:
I LOVE her voice
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aykutalp wrote:
Echad un vistazo a mi nuevo grupo: Barco Blanco
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voltaholic wrote:
por lo visto, shake away no tuvo éxito aquí en last...
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voltaholic wrote:
^___^ ya casi es su concierto
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350flightlevel wrote:
śwarno baba :)
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AndresAnkh wrote:
of course she's not frida... jajaja, LMAO at those comments
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frengermoy wrote:
Frida *00*
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Latina2008 wrote:
tu concierto aqui en California estubo ESPETACULAR!!!!! what a show! revivi tiempos viejos y nuevos tiempos WOW!!! loved it!
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ohh1972 wrote:
Interesting how she does the "Frida" look...
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AndresAnkh wrote:
No vayas muy lejos, y mira al espejo, tu cara es morena, y quieres ser guera, y bien que te comes, tu taco y memela, Lilaaaaaa <3!!!!!
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oaxakitajux wrote:
Fue a su presentacion en Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca (su tierra natal), que puedo decir: increible, muy, muy bueno!!!
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oaxakitajux wrote:
Que bueno que vuelve pa' su tierra, aqui se le quiere!!!
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ultramarin0 wrote:
aaay mi cantante querida!!
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Bloodzie wrote:
gran tan grande
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Renegat59 wrote:
This music is really beautiful:)
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