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Lila Downs

Lila Downs At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 24, 2026

Lila Downs Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA October 18, 2026 Before Grammy-winning Mexican American singer Lila Downs sang a note at SFJAZZ last Sunday, the audience was offered something practical: a reminder to know their rights. In a video projected above the stage, Downs spoke in Spanish about the ...

Antonio Sanchez is The Bad Hombre

by Leo Sidran
December 7, 2022

When drummer Antonio Sanchez released his album Bad Hombre back in 2017, he was responding to a few events that took place in his world at the same time.On a political level, the music was a response to the racism of the Trump campaign against Mexicans. In fact the title of the record Bad ...

Groundup Music Festival Reveals Artist Brunches, Cocktails And Workshops

January 11, 2020

Acclaimed by the New York Times as one of the “Top 10 Definitive Moments of the Decade in Jazz Music,” the GroundUP Music Festival returns to the oceanside North Beach Bandshell in sunny Miami Beach, Florida, February 14-16, 2020. Hosted by three-time Grammy award-winning collective Snarky Puppy, GroundUP has announced the schedule for their intimate cocktails ...

SFJAZZ: Decades After, Five Years In

by Arthur R George
July 19, 2018

Five years after the San Francisco, California organization SFJAZZ created its own building, the SFJAZZ Center, it has proved a raving, even rampaging, success, unrelenting in programming, sales, education, and music production. Its number of concerts has doubled from 248 to more than 500. Its membership has increased by almost 200% to more than 14,000. It ...

Lila Downs at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn

by Ernest Barteldes
July 9, 2017

Lila Downs BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY June 29, 2017 Backed initially by an eight-piece band directed by saxophonist (and husband) Paul Cohen, singer, songwriter and activist Lila Downs began her set with an up-tempo rendition of “Mezcalito," a tune that talks about mezcal, Mexico's ...

Lila Downs at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Ernest Barteldes
October 19, 2014

Lila Downs Jazz At Lincoln Center New York, NY October 11, 2014 On her two-day residence at Jazz At Lincoln Center, Lila Downs showcased a solid set of old favorites alongside new material from Raiz (Sony Latin, 2014), a collaboration with singers Soledad and Niña Pastori. Backed by ...

Amanda Martinez at Joe's Pub

by Ernest Barteldes
May 5, 2014

Amanda Martinez Joe's Pub at the Public Theater New York, NY May 2, 2014 On her debut New York appearance in celebration of her third CD Mañana (the first to get a full US release (Sola Records, 2014), Canadian singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez took to the stage with a ...

ArtistShare: A Record Label for the Digital Age

by Paul Naser
November 27, 2013

In the information age, as technology is transforming the way we share ideas, the creative artist seems to be in a dangerous situation. Peer-to-peer file sharing and free-streaming content are direct threats to an artists' livelihood. Combining this insight with a love for music and an appreciation for artists and the value of their work, Brian ...

New Release: Nation Beat: "Growing Stone" Out September 13 on Barbes

August 14, 2011

Nation Beat: Growing Stone Out September 13 on Barbes Records “A little while ago I had a chance to hear Nation Beat and their music blew me away!"—Willie Nelson Growing Stone: An Album From Two Americas The American/Brazilian collective Nation Beat plays a 21st century mash-up inspired by Brazilian maracatu drumming, New Orleans second ...