What more can I say? I can dig through a dictionary or a thesaurus, or both, and still not come up with the adequate terms to describe the experience of Lila Downs. I DID live it Saturday night however. What a performer. Never a dull moment. Sheer brilliance. What a voice. Powerful. Sentimental. Forceful. What range. She can make ANY song hers if she so pleases. And she does.
Much credit should go to her backing band. Her husband and all, what a sound it is that emanates from their souls. It was like gang busters when Lila took the stage to 'Black Magic Woman', the song that gives the current tour it's name. From the outset it was energy and emotion, and something intangible that few artists I've ever seen can manage. That feeling of immediate intimacy, Lila Downs pulls it off; makes you in the audience feel as if YOU are the most important element in the proceedings. She makes YOU feel like a star. Her smile reaches into you and shows you how much she LOVES what she's doing and that she's doing it for YOU.
She's only massive, innit. Truly well amazing.
