Daughter of Anita Sánchez, a Mixtec singer, and Allen Downs, a filmmaker originally from Minnesota.ĭuring her childhood in Oaxaca, she began to sing rancheras and traditional songs later she decided to study opera in the United States, where the cultural contrast caused her an identity crisis. Lila Downs -anthropologist, actress, composer and singer- was born in the Heroic City of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, in 1968. Roberto Cantoral was five times president of the Ibero-American Committee of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers ( CISAC) and his work helped create laws that strengthened copyright acknowledgement throughout the continent. Among his most important achievements are the reforms to the Copyright Law, with which he managed to eradicate contracts assigning perpetuity rights. In 1982 he was elected president of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Society of Authors and Composers (SACM). Later he composed songs such as “El triste”, “Al final” and “Quijote”, for which he earned the nickname of “The Festival Man”, and represented Mexico at the most important song contests in countries like Brazil, Japan and Greece. Some of his greatest successes during this stage were “El reloj” and “La barca”, songs that broke sales and popularity records in our country and abroad. In 1954 he founded Los Tres Caballeros trio, where he sang, composed and made musical arrangements, together with Leonel Gálvez and the requinto guitar player, Chamín Correa. Their concerts have been captured in two documentaries: Being: Café Tacvba ( 2010) by José Manuel Cravioto and Ernesto Contreras, who traveled with the band on a tour that included countries such as the United States, Spain and Japan -where they performed before Princess Hanako of Hitachi- and El objeto antes llamado disco: la película ( 2013), filmed in Chile, Argentina, the United States and Mexico.Ĭomposer Roberto Cantoral (Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, 1930-Toluca, State of Mexico, 2010) initiated himself from a young age to bohemian life.

Their album Re ( 1994), which includes some of the band’s most iconic songs including “Las flores”, “Esa noche” and “La ingrata”, topped the 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time list published by Rolling Stone magazine. Thirty years, countless awards and over 10 albums later, it is considered by many as the most important Mexican rock band worldwide.

Rubén Albarrán, Meme (Emmanuel del Real Díaz), and siblings Joselo and Quique Rangel formed the band in Ciudad Satélite in the State of Mexico and booked their first gig at El Hijo del Cuervo in 1989. Band Café Tacvba is recognized for its trend-setting and versatile style, fusing Mexican sound with influences such as rock and roll, punk, hip-hop and ska.

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