
La Cantina (Narada, 2006) is an album by Lila Downs. Lila Downs (born 1968 in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca) is a Mexican-American singer. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl cultures. She was also heard in the soundtrack to the Julie Taymor movie Frida in a song, Burn it Blue, that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. Other songs that she performed on the soundtrack are "Benediction And Dream," "Estrella Oscura," and "La Llorona." Other movies with a Lila Downs song are Tortilla Soup, Real Women Have Curves and Fados by Carlos Saura. Downs is currently based in Coyoacán, a borough of Mexico City. On September 2, 2008, Lila Downs released Shake Away (Manhattan Records), an album of new material as well as a few cover songs, including "I Envy The Wind" by Lucinda Williams and " I Would Never" by the Blue Nile. Downs also collaborates with artists like La Mari from the band Chambao and Enrique Bunbury from Héroes del Silencio.
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