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Lila Downs (born September 19 , 1968 in Tlaxiaco , Oaxaca , Mexico ) is a Mexican singer. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec , Zapotec , Maya and Nahuatl cultures. Downs, the daughter of Allen Downs, a and a Mixtec mother, grew up partly in the Mexican State of Oaxaca , partly in the U.S. States of California as a teen and Minnesota as an adult where she graduated from the University Of Minnesota in voice and anthropology Lila Downs: With a song in her soul Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from aztlan.net. She later returned to Mexico where she learned to weave. Later, she began singing in the club scenes of Oaxaca, Oaxaca , and Philadelphia along with Paul Cohen , an American-born Saxophonist . They began collaborating together on songs that would slowly evolve into Downs's subsequent recordings. The couple would later became romantically involved. In recent years, Downs and her band have toured widely in Mexico, South America , the US and Europe . She was also heard in the soundtrack to the movie '' Frida '' in a song, '' Burn It Blue '', that was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Song and that she performed at the 75th Academy Awards . Downs is currently based in Coyoacán , a neighborhood of Mexico City . FOOTNOTES EXTERNAL LINKS |