Lila Downs Photo: Supplied
Episode 175 features an interview recorded in 2006 with Grammy Award winning Mexican born singer & songwriter Lila Downs who played Womad NZ in 2007. The daughter of an American father and a Mixtecha Indian mother, Lila Downs started her career playing bars and cantinas in Mexico, eventually becoming a huge star in Mexico with a strong back catalogue of albums and awards to her credit. Given Lila hadn’t been informed of the interview it was a cofusing introduction for her to receive a phone call from New Zealand while she was cooking dinner.
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Rahim Alhaj
Letter 8. Voices to Remember – Zainab
Rahim Alhaj
Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet
Smithsonian Folkways
Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
Lila Bambo
Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan
World Circuit
Lila Downs
Agua de Rosas
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada
Refugees for Refugees
Babylon
Refugees for Refugees
Amerli
Muzieckpublique.
Orchestre Laye Thiam
Sanga Té
Orchestre Laye Thiam
Senegal 70 (Sonic Gems from the 70s)
Analog Africa
Gregory Porter
Revival
Gregory Porter
All Ride
Decca Records
Agnes Obel
Island of Doom
Agnes Obel
Myopia
Deutche Grammaphon
Lila Downs
Cielo Rojo
Lila Downs
One Blood
Narada / EMI
Lila Downs
Tu Recuerdo y Yo
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada / EMI
Lila Downs
Cumbia Del Mole
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada / EMI
Lila Downs
Agua de Rosas
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada / EMI
Lila Downs
La Tequilera
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada / EMI
Lila Downs
Amarga Navidad
Lila Downs
La Cantina
Narada / EMI
Derek Gripper
Folon
Salif Keita
Years of Swimming
Derek Gripper