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| Lila Downs - Latin America's most extraordinary voice
For over a decade, Lila Downs has traversed the world bringing her dramatic and highly unique reinvention of traditional Mexican music and original compositions fused with blues, jazz, soul, African root, and even klezmer music, 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 an exciting collision of international sounds. A musical journey with Lila Downs is always a fascinating one, simultaneously edgy and powerful, yet sumptuous and graceful. Backed by the multi-national, multi-instrumental musicians of her long time band La Misteriosa, Lila Downs releases her first live recording, "LILA DOWNS Y LA MISTERIOSA: EN PARIS" on harmonia mundi. Recorded in the spring of 2009 at the Radio France Studio 105, the 15 songs on this release span six albums, from 1999's La Sandunga to 2008's Shake Away, and demonstrate the timelessness of her music. Downs is well-known for her texturally rich and diverse recordings and for dynamic live performances. "Lila Downs y La Misteriosa: En Paris" delivers the best of both worlds, brilliantly capturing the exuberant energy of nine international musicians performing together, weaving traditional instruments including accordion, harp, clarinet and trombone with driving bass, drums, and electric guitar, and infectious Latin percussion. Sometimes the sound feels like a heat fueled road trip from Oaxaca to New Orleans. But then Downs is not afraid to shake things up with a cumbia rock, beat-poet style rap, or even the chirps of an iguana, taking the music to its own enigmatic world. Lila Downs leads La Misteriosa with exceptional and passionate vocals, bringing the audience along for a memorable and emotional ride. |
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| CD Release Tour: Lila Downs Y La Misteriosa - Live
18.05. HU-Budapest, Palace of Arts 21.05. LUX-Luxembourg, Printemps Musical 25.05. DE-Berlin, Huxleys Neue Welt 29.05. DE-Hamburg, Fabrik 31.05. CH-Geneve, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, tickets: All Blues 01.06. CH-Zürich, Kaufleuten, tickets: All Blues 03.06. NO-Bergen, Nattjazz 04.06. NO-Larvik, Vestfold Festspillene 06.06. DE-Düsseldorf, ZAKK |
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| Short Info:
origin: Mexico/USA next touring periods: may/june 2010 line up: voc, cl/sax, g, harp, b, dr booking territory: D, A, CH, UK, IR, Scandinavia, FIN, Eastern Europe upcoming release: Live CD to be released April 2010 label/distribution: Harmonia Mundi |
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| Downloads:
Lila Downs' Bio [PDF] |
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| Links:
www.liladowns.com www.myspace.com/liladowns |
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