Growing up as a citizen of both Mexico and the United States has always given award-winning songwriter and musician Lila Downs a unique perspective on both countries and cultures. She comes to town ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. Mexican-American singer Lila Downs is the product of two distinct cultures. Born in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, she is the daughter of Anita Sánchez, an Indigenous cabaret ...

Grammy and Latin Grammy award–winning singer and songwriter, Lila Downs, returns to the Bay Area. Her annual Día de Los Muertos performances will take place in Berkeley, with a vibrant set of songs ...

When the rains started easing, Lila Downs knew that the dead were drawing near. During the months of her childhood that she spent in Oaxaca, the Mexican American vocalist remembers the feel and smell ...

Lila Downs grew up in Oaxaca (Mexico) and Minneapolis (Minnesota) which explains a lot. She can sing jazzy songs in English while lending them a little Latin spice. Today's Top Tune is the song "Ojo ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Singer Lila Downs is scheduled to perform at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston on Saturday, March 22, at 8 p.m. Described as an “Iconic Grammy and Latin Grammy ...

It’s no surprise that singer Lila Downs is working on a new musical project centered on Day of the Dead and chocolate. The celebration of the dead is profoundly observed in Oaxaca where her mother was ...

Lila Downs was locked into a downward spiral when she started creating songs for her 2008 release, "Shake Away." The vocalist, coming through Centennial Hall on Saturday, couldn't handle the turmoil ...