Lila Downs News

Colombian alternative rockers Aterciopelados and Mexican-American singer-songwriter Lila Downs will be the headliners Aug.

Brazilian guitarist Guilherme Monteiro has worked as a sideman to jazz musicians like bassist Ron Carter and Latin artists like singer Lila Downs and percussionist Duduka da Fonseca.

The performance of the Mexican singer Lila Downs will open this year's edition of the music festival Off Fest on Thursday night.

Britten and Brulightly, by Hannah Berry One part "Chinatown" and one part Paul Auster, the British detective graphic novel "Britten and Brulightly" by Hannah Berry follows a particularly tough whodunnit of the familial variety, wherein a detective burdened by the larger picture of his work and his trusty tea-bag companion must figure out the hidden ...

Cindy Wilson, left, Kate Pierson, center, and Fred Schneider of The B-52s perform during the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2007.

April 08, 2009, 5:28 p.m. Tucson Citizen calendarplus@tucsoncitizen.com Our picks for the top entertainment events of the week World music diva Lila Downs returns to UA Singing in multiple languages, including Spanish and that of her Mixtec mother, Lila Downs sets her words - and those of others in her many covers - to an even greater variety of ...

Lila Downs, a bicultural singer/songwriter raised in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, and in Minnesota, will perform Monday in Santa Cruz.

Downs is reclaiming North America, just as she has reclaimed "Black Magic Woman" on her current tour, which brings her to the Fillmore on Saturday, April 4. 9 p.m., $30; www.livenation.com . Subject : Lila Downs by Eric K. Arnold Santana's "Black Magic Woman" long ago became a classic-rock radio staple easily taken for granted.

The simply named Plain White T's, known for the hit "Hey There Delilah," rock downtown Modesto's Fat Cat Music House & Lounge.

Grammy nominee Wayne Brady has been tapped to co-host the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony, which takes place on February 8th from 1 to 3:45 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center, just ...

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony will take place on Grammy Sunday, Feb.

Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez wow inaugural gala 1/5 Singer Alejandro Sanz attends the Latino 2009 Inaugural Gala at Union Station on Sunday, Jan.

Latinos will be celebrating big this weekend in the capital, where community leaders, public officials and artists will commemorate the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

December 31, 2008, 12:14 p.m. Instead of listing my picks for the best Latin CDs of 2008, this year I decided to make a playlist of the hottest songs.