Chavela Vargas
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Pink Martini: Splendor in the Grass CD review...of Sing. The weepy factor is raised even higher by a tremulous contribution from nonagenarian Mexican ranchero singer Chavela Vargas (a former lover of Frida Kahlo). Still, such cuteness is just sugar frosting around the knowingly mixed,... In this article: Pink Martini, China Forbes, Splendor in the Grass, Harvard, Thomas Lauderdale, Sugar, Frida Kahlo, The Party, and Chavela Vargas |
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NPR | November 01, 2009
Latin Grammys Preview
...but also Spanish. And it's a tribute to one of the great singers of Mexican rancheras, the great Chavela Vargas. It's really a tribute to her and to her work. Very soulful, very deep Mexican ballads, the equivalent of country music in the...
In this article: Latin Grammy Awards, Bebo, Public Radio, Omara Portuondo, and All rights reserved
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Reuters | October 30, 2009
Billboard CD reviews: Bon Jovi, The Flaming Lips
...Chucho Valdes for a set of jazz boleros with Afro-Cuban rhythms that honors the repertoire of the Mexican bohemian legend Chavela Vargas (another Almodovar pick). On acoustic arrangements, Valdes' subtle playing has the retro elegance of an...
In this article: Bon Jovi, The Flaming Lips, Ben Allison, Steven Curtis Chapman, Pedro Almodovar, Glee, New Moon, Alexandra Patsavas, and Concha Buika
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Chavela Vargas
...know about my pas, published in 2002) as "my 15 years in hell" At 81 years old, she publicly declared that she was a lesbian. Chavela Vargas giving a concert in the Plaza de Espana , in Madrid, Spain in 2006 Vargas returned to the stage in...
In this article: Frida Kahlo, Pedro Almodovar, Diego Rivera, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Mexico, Dolores Olmedo, Juan Rulfo, and Joaquin Sabina
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New York Daily News | August 19, 2009
Buika's flamenco knows no borders
...break the mold. She has teamed with veteran Cuban pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdes to record 12 songs from Mexican ranchera legend Chavela Vargas, a suggestion of her filmmaker friend Pedro Almodovar. Buika said it was a challenge to put...
In this article: Majorca, Volver, New York, and Pedro Almodovar
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boston.com - Latest music news | August 17, 2009
Pushing boundaries
...like a special and different sensation. I am now living a dream: I just recorded a CD of rancheras with Chucho Valdes, with Chavela Vargas's songs. . . . Q. Some of the experiences that inspire your songs are very contemporary - like your...
In this article: Las Vegas, Tina Turner, Majorca, and Equatorial Guinea
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Manuel Esperon
...and No Volvere which was used in the first episode of the 2001 soap opera El juego de la vida. Among other performers, Chavela Vargas, Pedro Infante, Los Panchos, and Jorge Negrete have made his songs well-known. His fame in the USA...
In this article: The Three Caballeros, Disney, The Three Caballeros, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Los Panchos, Mexico City, and USA
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New York Times | May 07, 2009
Profile in Style: Pedro Almodovar
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In this article: Pedro Almodovar, Pina Bausch, Cannes Film Festival, and Chanel
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Lossip | April 22, 2009
90 Years of Chavela Vargas
...came together last night in Mexico City to pay tribute to the recently 90-year-old voice "voz aspera de la ternura" that is Chavela Vargas. The Costa Rican-born songstress has spanned an impressive life and career -one that has not only...
In this article: Frida Kahlo, Julieta Venegas, Mexico City, and Mexico
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Alejandro Springall
...Springall's new project, Air & Fire, was re-written by Sayles. In 2003, Springall produced and directed the grand concert of Chavela Vargas at Carnegie Hall, New York; and in 2004, he directed the grand concert of Chavela Vargas at Luna...
In this article: Alejandro Springall, John Sayles, Mexico City, Federico Luppi, Men with Guns, and Casa de los Babys
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 17, 2007
Los Tigres to Receive Lifetime Award
...Chilean-born bolero king Lucho Gatica, Brazilian rock legends Os Paralamas do Sucesso and gender-bending ranchera master Chavela Vargas. "Representing many genres from countries across the globe _ from the Americas to Europe _ these...
In this article: Latin Grammy Awards, Los Tigres del Norte, Olga Guillot, Alberto Cortez, Grammy Award, Lucho Gatica, and Os Paralamas do Sucesso
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Chavela Vargas a Costa Rican - Mexican singer was born Isabel Vargas Lizano in San Joaquín de Flores, Costa Rica on April 17 1919. She is specially known for her rendition of rancheras genre - a folkloric musical genre widely popular in Mexico - but she is also recognized for her contribution to other popular Latin American song genres. In her youth, she dressed as a man, smoked cigars, drank heavily, carried a gun and was known for her characteristic red poncho, which she still does in performances.
Vargas has been an influential interpreter in the Americas and Europe, muse to figures such as Pedro Almodovar, hailed for her haunting performances, and called "la voz aspera de la ternura", the bitter voice of tenderness. At 81 years old, she openly admitted she was a lesbian.
At only 14, she fled her native country due to lack of musical career opportunities, seeking refuge in Mexico, where an entertainment industry was burgeoning. For many years she sang on the streets but in her thirties she became a professional singer.
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