The Mexican-American artist turns personal transformation, social awareness and love into songs that look both inward and outward.

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 ...

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 ...

Mexican singer Lila Downs performs, presenting her new album "Cambias mi mundo," in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the rains started easing, Lila Downs knew that the dead were drawing near. During the months of her childhood that she spent in Oaxaca, the Mexican American vocalist remembers the feel and smell ...

The Soraya will be hosting a performance in celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. at The Soraya’s Great Hall. “Dos Corazones: Día de Muertos” will feature ...

Lila Downs has one foot in the United States and one foot in Mexico. As the daughter of an American father and a Mexican mother, the singer/ songwriter grew up in both countries and has been watching ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Lila Downs has released a DVD featuring a potpourri of video clips by artists and filmmakers set to her love songs. "Loteria cantada (Singing Lottery)" is based on a popular Latin ...

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 ...