Felicitaciones to Oaxaca’s favorite daughter, Lila Downs! Her CD, Pecados y Milagros, won Best Folkloric album at the Latin Grammys on Thursday night. When the album first came out, her promotional tour brought her to the Guelaguetza Auditorium, just up the hill, and we got to experience the spectacular show she put on in front of the hometown crowd.
And, at the Latin Grammys, she pulled out all the “spectacle” stops when she, Celso Piña, and Totó la Momposina performed, “Zapata Se Queda” from the album. (Yes, THAT Zapata!)
The thank you by Lila Downs, posted on her website:
¡GRACIAS por creer en el folklor! Gracias por darnos ánimos cuando andamos tristes, por hacer con su cariño y palabras de buena fe que sigamos creyendo en Zapata, en México, en la tradición, en nuestros pueblos… ¡En la magia y la fe interminable de Latinoamérica!
(Thank you for believing in the folklore! Thank you for giving us courage when we’re sad, to make with love and words of good faith that continue to believe in Zapata, in Mexico, in tradition, in our towns …In magic and the endless faith of Latin America!)
I strongly encourage you to check out the CD, Pecados y Milagros. It really conveys the life, the love, the history, and the reverence that is the essence of Oaxaca.
Also, there’s a terrific review of her Latin Grammy performance at Examiner.com.
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Lila Downs is one of my FAVORITE artists! She performed in Houston some years ago and I promptly bought every single one of her albums. I actually haven’t gotten Pecados y Milagros yet, but I will. She’s fabulous!
By all means, get Pecados y Milagros!
I did already! Also, she’s coming to Houston again in April 2013. I already have my tickets!!
I LOVE Lila Downs!!
I listen to her music while I weave!
Listening to her music is part of my studying Spanish routine!
we saw Lila at Carnegie Hall last year and she totally rocked the house. She is coming to the University of Connecticut in May and we bought our tickets yesterday. I am so excited. She is a very powerful performer
All right! How’s the Chiapas trip planning going?
Fan that I am, I was nevertheless unaware of the award. Thank you for that information. Thank you for calling my attention to the video, also.
Never tire of listening to her!