Lila Downs

%3cspan%3eLila Downs is the daughter of a Mixtec Indian woman%2c Anastasia Sanchez%2c%26nbsp%3b who ran away from her village at 19 to sing in Mexico City cantinas and a Minnesota-born%2c Scottish-American film %26amp%3b photography professor%2c Allen Downs%2c%26nbsp%3b who saw her singing and fell in love.%26nbsp%3b Lila Downs was born in the Oaxacan mountain town of Tlaxiaco%2c 7%2c000 feet up in the heavens. The first songs she remembers are her mother singing Lola Beltrán%27s heartfelt rancheras%2c and her father singing Woody Guthrie%27s %27%27TDesignHTMLWords: 80   Characters: 470