This week on Alt.Latino, the Mexican American singer shares the music that changed her life, from Miles Davis to Orishas. Guest DJ Lila Downs: The Music That Makes Her Fierce English / Spanish The ...

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 ...

Venerated Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs has explained that the title of her latest album Salón Lágrimas y Deseo (released earlier this year) indicates “a place where you dance with sadness and ...

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 ...

Latina singer and composer Lila Downs Downs talks is touring with a new album, Shake Away. The ranchera and jazz singer talks about her singing career, balancing marriage with show business and what ...

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 ...

Downs returns to the Bay Area for a Cal Performances Día de los Muertos concert Oct. 25, an event that has become one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The musical vision of Lila Downs comes from the unique intersection of her circumstances and cultures. She was raised in Minneapolis by her American father and by her mother in Oaxaca in southern ...

This September, as part of Latino Heritage Month, I spoke with Lila Downs, a singer with roots in both Mexico and the United States. Since we last spoke, Downs's latest album, "Shake Away," has been ...