Lila Downs live in concert.
ON TOUR

Lila Downs

10
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

84
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Based on 
10
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Lila Downs is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 10 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Lila Downs is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Lila Downs concert reviews describe live shows and performances as confident, colorful, invigorating, and powerful.

ON TOUR

Fox Tucson Theatre, Tucson, United States (September 24);

Latest Release

La Sánchez (August 23, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Tlaxiaco, Mexico (9/19/1968) (9/19/1968)
Bio
Lila Downs (born Ana Lila Downs Sanchez on 9 September 1968 in Tlaxiaco) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Diandra Reviews It All (USA)

July 1, 2017
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Lila Downs Shows Latino America Is Here To Stay At Celebrate Brooklyn!

Financial Times (UK)

June 5, 2016
100
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A less confident singer might have thought twice about a setlist made up largely of its songs.

The Guardian (UK)

June 2, 2016
100
%
She pours a drop on the floor (as is traditional among native American communities in Oaxaca Mexico as a show of thanks to Mother Earth) swigs from it and then passes it around the audience to loud cheers.

Rhythm Passport (UK)

June 1, 2016
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Southbank Centre aptly kicked off the arrival of summer with a fiery and warm performance by Mexican-American multiple Grammy award winner Lila Downs. Although Downs is known primarily for her powerful vocals and invigorating live performances, she is also a key figure in the activism for Latin America’s indi

Concert Livewire (USA)

September 22, 2015
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Lila Downs has performed on the stages in Tucson many times and she has never failed to leave Tucson fans screaming for more. This show was no exception. Her career has been dedicated to exploring Mexican and American identity maintaining an awareness of tradition while experimenting with modern musical hybri

The Austin Chronicle (USA)

March 16, 2012
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Oaxaca Mexico siren Lila Downs brought with her no small sense of drama from our neighbor to the south heralded upon her entrance by the cheers of an adoring audience and the horn section from Grupo Fantasma.

SF Weekly (USA)

April 5, 2009
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San Francisco, USA

Past critic reviews published in

SF Weekly (USA)

Image Credit

Aure Dominguez [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons