Lila Downs

Musician Lila Downs

Musician Lila Downs fights back

Music

When performing her latest single, “Peligrosa,” Downs says she thought about women who are seen as “dangerous because we think, because we have opinions, because we want to go to school, because we want to be independent.”

Mexican-American singer Lila Downs is voting in her first election

‘I hope for the best,’ says this first-time Mexican American voter

Music

Chieftains album blends Irish and Mexican folk music

Arts, Culture & Media

What Mexican Singer Lila Downs’ ‘Pecados y Milagros’ Says About Drug Violence

Arts, Culture & Media
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