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Lila Downs is a Mexican American singer-songwriter known for blending traditional Mexican music with contemporary styles. Her work is significant for bringing Mexican cultural music and indigenous languages to international audiences while addressing social and political themes.

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Oaxaca, Mexico

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968), is an American–Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and…

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  • Santuarios del Infinito — Narrator (voice)2023
  • Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día — Self2023
  • Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados — Self2023
  • Lila Downs en el #50FIC — Self2022
  • Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México — Lila Downs2022
  • Tengo un Sueño 2022 — Self2022
  • Léemelo — Self2022
  • A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings — Self2021
  • Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music — Self - Performer2021
  • El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company — Herself2020

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Listeners
226,677
Total plays
3,407,544

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Lila Downs (born Ana Lila Downs Sánchez on 9 September 1969 in Tlaxiaco) is a Mexican singer and actress. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. Downs 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 href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lila+Downs">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lila
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Oaxaca
Languages spoken
Spanish
Native language
Spanish
Field of work
artivism
Instrument
jarana huasteca
Official website
www.liladowns.com
Image
2012 Lila Downs (8204932278).jpg
Voice type
contralto
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date of birth
1968-09-09
Commons category
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start of work period
1992-00-00
social media followers
226905
writing language
English language
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Article · Italiano

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, più conosciuta come Lila Downs (Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, 19 settembre 1968), è una cantante, cantautrice e attrice messicana.Nata nello stato di Oaxaca, Lila Downs alterna l'interpretazione di brani da lei composti a quella della musica tradizionale del Centroamerica delle culture dei maya, aztechi, mixtechi e zapotechi. Annoverata tra i principali esponenti del world music, ha debuttato nel mercato discografico latinoamericano nel 1999, dominandone la scena per oltre due decenni. Nel 2008 ha conseguito successo mondiale con l'album Shake Away, è risultata vincitrice di un Grammy Award e più volte del Latin Grammy Award. Ispirata da leggendari cantanti di musica ranchera come Lucha Reyes e artisti della musica popolare come e Mercedes Sosa, Downs è nota per il suo senso estetico rispetto alla musica, oltre che per il suo stile unico di vestire che unisce i costumi tradizionali del Messico con stili moderni e alternativi. Sono notevoli i suoi spettacoli dal vivo e video musicali, in continua evoluzione e stravaganti. Il suo contributo al mondo della musica l'ha portata a ottenere numerosi premi.

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