Cal Poly Arts presents Grammy Award-winning LILA DOWNS, appearing at the Cohan Center as part of her new “Balas y Chocolate” 2015 tour. Known for her smoky voice and magnetic performances, Mexican-American singer LILA DOWNS defies categorization in any single genre. Her border-blurring, multicultural upbringing infused her with an aesthetic vision that embraces cross-cultural pollination, drawing on a pan-Latin palette of music as well as American folk, jazz, blues, and rock. As a result, Downs has become one of the most innovative exponents of Mesoamerican music on both sides of the border. Student and general tickets range from $24 – $56.