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Lila Downs is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Niña Pastori, Chavela Vargas, Mercedes Sosa, The Grateful Dead and Woody Guthrie. Those roots explain a lot about how Lila Downs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Natalia Lafourcade, Ely Guerra, La Santa Cecilia, Lhasa de Sela and El Gran Silencio, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chambao, Enrique Bunbury, Raul Midón and Mercedes Sosa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Lila Downs, reaching back through Niña Pastori and forward to Chambao. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lila Downs connections
Lila Downs grew out of Niña Pastori, Chavela Vargas, Mercedes Sosa and The Grateful Dead, shares an orbit with Natalia Lafourcade, Ely Guerra, La Santa Cecilia and Lhasa de Sela, went on to shape Chambao, Enrique Bunbury, Raul Midón and Mercedes Sosa. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Paulina Rubioartist
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- Kinkyartist
- Mercedes Sosaartist
- Celso Piñaartist
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