Lila Downs (born 1968 in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican singer. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl cultures. Downs, is the daughter of Mixtec cabaret singer Anita Sanchez 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 the U.S. states in California as a teen, … Wikipedia
Lila Downs official website; singer whose work is inspired by native mesoamerican music, opera, jazz, ranchera, and rock. Sitio oficial de Lila Downs; cantante cuyo trabajo se inspira en la msica mesoamericana, pera, jazz, ranchera y rock. www.liladowns.com/
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