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Lila Downs

Lila Downs
  • Name: Lila Downs
  • Birthday: 1968-09-09
  • Also known as: Ana Lila Downs Sánchez
  • Place of birth: Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Popularity: 2.318
Biography: 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 raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied at the Institute of Arts by Oaxaca and briefly attended University of Minnesota, before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She soon began performing in the traditional music scene of Oaxaca City.

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Title Release date
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día   as  Self 2023-11-10
Santuarios del Infinito   as  Narrator (voice) 2023-04-19
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México   as  Lila Downs 2022-12-08
Tengo un Sueño 2022   as  Self 2022-11-24
Lila Downs en el #50FIC   as  Self 2022-10-20
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings   as  Self 2021-10-14
Latin GRAMMY Celebra: Ellas y Su Música   as  Self - Performer 2021-05-09
Xico's Journey   as  Nana Petra (voice) 2020-11-12
Canto a La Memoria   as  Lila Downs 2020-11-01
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company   as  Herself 2020-09-15
The Song of Fried Chile   as  Lila Downs 2019-10-24
Así sembramos nuestra agua   as  Narrador 2019-04-11
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa   as  Lila Downs 2017-11-03
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate   as  Lila Downs 2015-10-20
The Nightingale and the Night. Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.   as  Herself 2015-01-01
Matria   as  Herself 2014-11-02
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria   as  Herself 2014-09-20
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It   as  Self 2014-09-09
River of Fundament   as  Ranchera Singer 2014-02-12
River of Fundament   as  Priest / REN Manager 2014-02-12
Deseo   as  Lila Downs 2013-09-13
Mariachi Gringo   as  Sophia 2012-10-03
Made in Mexico   as  Self 2012-09-21
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)   as  Lila Downs 2012-08-18
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros   as  Lila Downs 2012-06-17
Crossing the Desert   as  Cantante 2012-05-18
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP   as  Self 2010-04-13
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs   as  Lila Downs 2009-06-30
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar   as  Mamá 2008-08-19
Fados   as  Self 2007-12-31
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada   as  Lila Downs 2007-11-30
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai   as  Self 2007-06-05
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!   as  Herself - Performer 2007-04-15
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo   as  Frida Kahlo (voice) 2005-03-22
Hasta el último trago... Corazón   as  Lila Downs 2005-03-13
En mi país   as  Lila Downs 2004-12-05
Fuego   as  Woman 2003-01-01
Frida   as  Tango Singer 2002-08-29
Corazón Oaxaqueño   as  Lila Downs 2000-01-01