"Exotic beauty and startling voice…she is a reflection of a 21^st century world culture where ethnicity and national boundaries blur."
     -Los Angeles Times

Experience the intensity, character, artistry, and drama of the next world music diva.

Lila Downs’ sultry and exotic world vocals have captivated sold-out audiences at the Sacred Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, the World’s Fair in Lisbon, and throughout France and Mexico. Quickly becoming an artistic phenomenon, she is now ready to take the world by storm.

Daughter of a Mixtec [mes-TEK] Indian woman and Anglo-American father, Downs unites cultures and boundaries with her extraordinary voice. Born near the mountains of Oaxaca [wa-HA-ka], Downs studied music and anthropology at the University of Minnesota and at the University of the Arts in Oaxaca. But it was only through music that Downs reconciled her heritage. "It took a long time to decide that I wanted to sing," she says. "Something needed to motivate me." That motivation was the songs and stories of her ancestors, the Oaxacan people. Downs explores the great Mexican ballads, the boleros and rancheras and sets the ancient codices of the Mixtecs and Zapotecs [za-po-TEK] to music.

Sung with incredibly deep emotion, Downs’ intense performances leave audiences of all cultures and countries spellbound.

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