Lila Downs and Dora the Explorer comadres? It just kind of makes sense that they would be friends. The popular Mexican singer and the diminutive animated TV character share a sense of adventure, an ...

Costa Mesa — Singer songwriter Lila Downs has won a Grammy in the category of Best Música Mexicana Album and five Latin Grammys in the categories of Best Folk Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal ...

Her interpretations of classic Mexican music and her original music connects her audience to current issues in Mexico. Her collaborations with artists from across the globe has instilled her role as ...

Grammy award winner Lila Downs is known to sing about love, loss, and her tricultural identity. But her latest album is her most personal yet. The Grammy Award-winning artist Lila Downs has sung about ...

It's been quite a year for Mexican folk singer Lila Downs. She earned a Grammy in February, she released a new recording and she honored her father's life. Downs returns to Tucson for a performance ...

Dia de los Muertos was a big deal for Lila Downs growing up in Mexico. Her grandmother would erect an altar and plan an elaborate festive celebration to honor her parents, who died when the ...

Lila Downs has a unique take on Mexican music, blending traditional Mexican classics with her own funky, danceable mix an including large helpinging of indigenous language lyrics. Getting into the Dia ...

Lila Downs is the daughter of a Mixtec Indian woman, Anastasia Sanchez, who ran away from her village at 19 to sing in Mexico City cantinas and a Minnesota-born, Scottish-American film & photography ...

Betto is back with Raul alongside guest curator and legendary singer Lila Downs. From the Costa Chica of Guerrero,we hear a beautiful bolero from sisters Las Hermanas Garcia, “Desesperanza.” Lila ...

In Mexico the word to describe someone who lives life with zest is “chispa” — Spanish for spark. On Friday evening Oaxacan-American singer Lila Downs brought her chispa to a packed Lincoln Theater at ...

Lila Downs will grace the stage of the historic Auditorium Theatre for the first time this week. Downs' concert, scheduled for Wednesday, is presented by The Auditorium Theatre and The Mariachi ...

Mexican singing sensation Lila Downs burst on to the music scene with her stunning performance of a song from the film *Frida* at the 75th annual Academy Awards. But this native of the Mexican state ...