Lila Downs / Mexico
13. 11. - Palác Akropolis, 19:30 / Respect Plus
The bi-lingual singer comes to Prague for the first time, to launch her new album. Her powerful persona, positive aura and voice that ranges from dusky to penetrating caught Hollywood's attention. She played a role in the Salma Hayek film about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She sang the soundtrack song "Burn It Blue," which was Oscar-nominated, and became the first Latina to perform at the Academy Awards telecast. She also captured a Latin Grammy in the Best Folk Album category for 2004's One Blood/Una Sangre. Lila Downs, born in Oaxaca, Mexico, is the daughter of Mixtec cabaret singer Anita Sánchez and Allen Downs, a Scottish/English-American art professor. She grew up in Oaxaca, California and Minnesota, where she graduated from the University of Minnesota in voice and anthropology.
On her new album, Shake Away, Downs takes listeners on a journey that's both intensely personal and vividly universal. Recorded in New York and Mexico City, the songs range from the pointed "Minimum Wage" to the mystical "Silent Thunder" to a cover of Lucinda Williams' "I Envy the Wind" in English and Spanish ("Yo Envidio El Viento") versions.
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