Lila Downs
For over a decade, Lila Downs has traversed the planet, bringing her dramatic and highly unique reinvention of traditional Mexican music and original compositions fused with blues, jazz, soul, and African roots, all supporting her soaring voice. Some would classify Lila as a Mexican artist, but there is no real way to categorize her music except to say that it is a unique and exciting fusion of international sounds. A musical journey with Lila Downs is always a fascinating one, simultaneously edgy and powerful, yet sumptuous and graceful."This Oaxaca-born, Minnesota-raised singer dips into Mexican, American and other roots traditions on her eighth album, injecting styles from brassy banda to Scottish folk into the set…the results are as daring as anything by Tom Waits" - ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
"The Mexican American singer has a stunning voice [and] a confident multicultural vision..."
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
"She has earned her supreme confidence and reinvigorated the place in Mexican music where popular and traditional sound collide...we are honestly awed..." - THE WASHINGTON POST
Bio Press clips Lila in the LA Times Press Quotes Lila in Songlines, August 2011
