Artist: Lila Downs
Lila Downs's lyrics & chords
Anna Lila Downs Sánchez was born in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico in 1968, and grew up there and in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began singing ranchera music at an early age, and later sang at the fiestas of the towns in her mountain region, la Mixteca. She sang with the band Los Cadetes de Yodoyuxi and later with La Trova Serrana, a group of folk musicians from the Zapotec town of Guelatao, Oaxaca. At that time she met her musical collaborator Paul Cohen and began to create her own musical compositions, which tap into native Mesoamerican music of t...read more
Sodade Son de difuntos Viene la muerte echando rasero La promesa Puede ser Tren del cielo Válgame dios Dulce veneno The demagogue Xochipitzahua Burn it blue Y para qué Cómo será Foi na travessa da palha Dime quién soy yo Arráncame la vida Smoke El quinto regimiento Untitled Solo tu 01 Tacha Susheela raman maya Nana guadalupe Almendra Mambo Quinto patio Medley Amanecí en tus brazos 03 09 Lucky 07 08 Sassafras Body and soul Waves Amorcito corazon 11 Angel 02 Entenderse 10 04 Lila downs 06 12 13 Las nueve esquinas Días Mujer de dios Portrait of lupe 14 05 Cumbia maya 15 Donde estas papa The floating bed El gusto 16 El antifaz Perhaps Entre copa y copa The suicide of dorothy hale Still life Yo soy mexicano Viva la vida Xunaxi huini Coyoacan and variations Quizas quizas quizas Flor de azalia Moxtla Borrachita de tequila La línea Misa oaxaquena Guendanabani Dromos Self portrait with hair down Himno zapatista Frida kahlo Come to the edge You don´t know what love is El listón de tu pelo Macorina Calaveras Baja a la tierra Domingo ferreiro Que me sirvan otra copa La curaracha = the cockroach D¨ªas Pastures of plenty Viborita = little snake Tango Razón de vivir Tu cárcel en vivo desde el auditorio nacional Tirineni tsitsiki = flower of marigold Centenario Tree of life Tïrïnenï tsïtskï Nina Tirineni El cascabel Haurtxo polita Quizas
