Oaxaca to Madison...Lila rocks!
The 07-08 World Stage Series went out with a bang on friday night- Lila Downs, the star of the 2005 Madison World Music Festival, returned to the Union and delivered one heck of a performance. She sang about mole. She sang about iguanas. She sang about minimum wage. Bottom line - MAN did she ever sing.
Special attention must also be paid to the harpist in Lila's band... as our trusty Concert Series Associate Director Shelly put it, "take that, Yolanda!" - (in reference, of course, to the Yolanda Kondonassis's harp concert earlier in the season)
At the risk of sounding subjective (then again, isn't that the purpose of blogs?), I absolutely loved the concert - for the last four years I've heard the most amazing world stage performers...from Mariza's bluesy fados, to dancing the hora with the Klezmatics, to being completely baffled by the sounds of Chirgilchin, to all out rocking out to the likes of Youssou or Seun Kuti or Ismael Luminovski - Lila Downs was a great performance to end on...icing on the cake.
- courtney
Special attention must also be paid to the harpist in Lila's band... as our trusty Concert Series Associate Director Shelly put it, "take that, Yolanda!" - (in reference, of course, to the Yolanda Kondonassis's harp concert earlier in the season)
At the risk of sounding subjective (then again, isn't that the purpose of blogs?), I absolutely loved the concert - for the last four years I've heard the most amazing world stage performers...from Mariza's bluesy fados, to dancing the hora with the Klezmatics, to being completely baffled by the sounds of Chirgilchin, to all out rocking out to the likes of Youssou or Seun Kuti or Ismael Luminovski - Lila Downs was a great performance to end on...icing on the cake.
- courtney
