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Lila Downs

Like many Mexican singers, Lila Downs started out her singing career performing rancheras, the traditional form of Mexican folk singing. Her Mexican roots define Downs' music and image - she often records in Mixtec, her native tongue and a language spoken by half a million people. She also records in other native Mexican languages such as Mayan, Zapotec and Nahuati. Downs is a versatile singer who is able to effortlessly cross genres and in her music the listener will detect a wide variety of musical flavours including rock, rap, hip-hop, flamenco and even reggae as well as th...