Lila Downs (born 1968 in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican singer. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl cultures.
Downs, the daughter of Allen Downs, a Scottish/English-American professor of art and cinematographer from Minnesota and a Mixtec mother, grew up partly in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, partly in the U.S. states in California as a teen, and Minnesota as an adult where she graduated from the University of Minnesota in voice and anthropology .
Lila Downs
She later returned to Mexico where she learned to weave. Later, she began singing in the club scenes of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, and Philadelphia along with Paul Cohen, an American-born saxophonist. They began collaborating together on songs that would slowly evolve into Downs's subsequent recordings. Cohen went on to become both Downs' husband and artistic director. In recent years, Downs and her band has toured widely in Mexico, South America, the US and Europe. She was also heard in the soundtrack to the movie Frida in a song, Burn it Blue, that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song and that she performed at the 75th Academy Awards. Other songs that she performed on the soundtrack are "Benediction and Dream," "Estrella Oscura," and "La Llorona." Downs is currently based in Coyoacán, a neighborhood of Mexico City.
Vitas Vitas born on February , 19 , 1981. He is a singer , composer, actor and fashion designer from Russia. He has a distinct unique style in his songs and music videos. He produces music with a wide range of genres- from eccentric techno music to classical opera.
He has also made a mark on Russian television; and in the future, he is expected to become more recognized around the world as he is planning to sign contracts in countries/areas such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. From 2005, Vitas"Opera 2" has been forwarded frequently by Internet in Asia and Vitas has become popular and famous in Asian market.
His impressive high voice and brilliant songs have amazed the world.His voice and face expression are captivating, melody and instrumentation are seductive and beautiful.
