Lila Downs Trivia Questions

Her mother was a Mixtec singer, and her father was a film professor from Minnesota, giving her a unique bicultural heritage.

She often wears hand-embroidered huipiles and rebozos from Oaxaca, celebrating indigenous textile art as part of her stage identity.

She earned a degree in anthropology from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, which heavily influences her lyrical themes about indigenous cultures.

While she has won several Latin Grammys, she has never won a mainstream Grammy; 'Pecados y Milagros' won a Latin Grammy for Best Folk Album.

She sang with Santana on the song 'La Cumbia del Mole' for the 2014 film 'The Book of Life', blending her folk style with his rock guitar.

She was invited to perform at the White House in 2015 as part of a celebration of Hispanic heritage, singing traditional Mexican songs.

Lila Downs never danced for Selena; she started as a singer in Oaxacan bars and later studied opera in the U.S. before her solo career.

Her debut album 'Ofrenda' (1994) features songs in Spanish and English, but not entirely in Zapotec; she later recorded in Mixtec and other languages.