Hello, today's artist was born in the wrong body, which seeems all the rage these days, but drinking and smoking cigars like a man (and then some) last century in Mexico, for a woman, must have caused bouts of depression, well despite this life on the edge she made it to 93, a strong woman indeed, and i strongly advice you to download the wonderful 2017 documentairy made about her life with english subtitles Chavela (mkv 793mb)
Today's artist is a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She was especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras, but she is also recognized for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music. Chavela Vargas has left, and left behind 93 years of intense life, of life in freedom. The great lady of ranchera music had a very turbulent existence: wild parties, alcoholism, sexual preferences that brought her not a few problems in her youth and some serious illnesses that failed, however, to undermine a musical career full of successes. Chavela earned the respect of the public singing above any excess. The affection was obtained simply with his way of being: speechless, funny, rebellious and passionate, until his last breath.She has been an influential interpreter in the Americas and Europe, muse to figures such as Pedro Almodóvar, hailed for her haunting performances, and called "la voz áspera de la ternura", the rough voice of tenderness. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, presented her with a Latin Grammy Statuette in 2007 after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of that organization. . .....N'Joy
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She was born in Costa Rica, in San Joaquín de Flores, as Isabel Vargas Lizano, daughter of Francisco Vargas and Herminia Lizano. She was baptized on 15 July 1919 with the forenames "María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús." She had a difficult childhood: her parents divorced and left her under the care of an uncle, and she contracted poliomyelitis. She went by Chavela, which is a pet name for Isabel. At age 17, she abandoned her native country due to lack of opportunities for a musical career, seeking refuge in Mexico, where an entertainment industry was burgeoning. There she resided for almost eight decades and obtained Mexican nationality.
For many years she sang on the streets, but in her thirties she became a professional singer, In her youth, she dressed as a man, smoked cigars, drank heavily, carried a gun, and was known for her characteristic red jorongo, which she donned in performances until old. Vargas sang the canción ranchera, which she performed in her own peculiar style. The typical ranchera, as represented by José Alfredo Jiménez, was a masculine but emotional song about love and its mishaps, usually mediated by alcohol, since in a macho culture, the display of feelings by men is allowed only to the drunk. The ranchera is sung from a man's perspective and with a mariachi accompaniment. Chavela sang this type of song as a solo, using only guitar and voice, evoking the singing style of a drunk man. She often slowed down the tempo of melodies to draw more dramatic tension out of songs, so they could be taken as naughtily humorous.
Romance with Frida Kahlo. In the 1940s, she made friends with Mexican culture characters such as José Alfredo, Pedro Infante, Agustín Lara, Jorge Negrete, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, who for a time hosted her at home. With Kahlo she shared a great friendship, and it is rumored that they also maintained a romance. The painter mentioned Vargas in a letter whose authenticity has been discussed a lot. It was addressed to the poet Carlos Pellicer and said: "Today I met Chavela Vargas, extraordinary, lesbian, it seemed more erotic to me, I do not know if she felt what I did, but I think she is a woman who is liberal enough, ask, I would not hesitate a second to undress before her ... She, I repeat, is erotic, maybe it's a gift that heaven sends me Frida K
Towards the end of the 1950s, she became known within artistic circles, due in part to her performances in Acapulco, center of international tourism, where she sang at the Champagne Room of the restaurant La Perla. Her first album, Noche de Bohemia (Bohemian Night), was released in 1961 with the professional support of José Alfredo Jiménez, one of the foremost singer/songwriters of Mexican ranchera music. She eventually recorded more than 80 albums. Vargas was hugely successful during the 1950s, the 1960s, and the first half of the 1970s, touring in Mexico, the United States, France, and Spain and was close to many prominent artists and intellectuals of the time, including Juan Rulfo, Agustín Lara, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Dolores Olmedo and José Alfredo Jiménez.
Success raised her to stages all over the world, but she also lived two decades immersed in an alcoholism that almost killed her. Between 1970 and 1990. "When I was drunk I never did anything bad, I just fell down in all the holes I found and with everything and car I fell ... I was disgraced, I got drunk 25 years, I did not lose them, I lived them in the canteen and I had a lot of fun, "she said, presuming that in all her life he had taken 45,000 liters of tequila and could still donate her liver...right
In the late 1970s Vargas partially retired from performing due to a 15-year battle with alcoholism, which she described in her autobiography (Y si quieres saber de mi pasado [And if you want to know about my past], published in 2002) as "my 15 years in hell." Chavela couldn't keep on with her heavy drinking and intense lifestyle. In 1970, "submerged in an alcoholic haze" as she described it, she was taken in by an Indian family who nursed her back to health without knowing who she was. In 2003, she told The New York Times that she had not had a drink in 25 years.
Vargas returned to the stage in 1991, performing at a bohemian nightclub called "El Hábito" in Coyoacán, Mexico City. Her career started to recover international prominence, with performances in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Vargas debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2003 at age 83 at the behest and promotion of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, an admirer and friend.
At age 81, she publicly came out as a lesbian in her autobiography titled And If You Want to Know about My Past. But it wasn't really a surprise to her fans. For years Vargas refused to change the genders in her songs. In "Paloma Negra" ("Black Dove"), Vargas accuses a woman of partying all night long and breaking her heart.
Vargas is featured in many of Almodóvar's films, including La flor de mi secreto in both song and video. She said, however, that acting was not her ambition, although she had previously participated in films such as the 1967 movie La Soldadera. Vargas also appeared in Frida, singing "La Llorona" (The Weeping Woman). Her classic "Paloma Negra" (Black Dove) was also included in the soundtrack of the film. Vargas herself, as a young woman, was alleged to have had an affair with Frida Kahlo during Kahlo's marriage to muralist Diego Rivera. She appeared in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel, singing "Tú me acostumbraste" ("I got used to you"), a bolero by Frank Domínguez.
On February 10, 2017, the biographical film Chavela debuted. Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi, the film features Pedro Almodóvar, Elena Benarroch and Miguel Bosé among others. Available here
Chavela Vargas had been hospitalized for several weeks as a result of respiratory problems. She died age 93 on August 5th 2012 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According her official Facebook page, her last words were "I leave with Mexico in my heart." .
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Chavela Vargas is to Mexican song like Edith Piaf is to French songs, or like Amalia Rodrigues is to Portuguese music, or like Nana Mouskouri is to Greek music... that is, she IS Mexican song. She is a legend. Anybody who wants a beautiful record of Chavela Vargas, this one is superb... one of her best... Take it from somebody who knows: you will love this record.
Chavela Vargas - Le Canta a Mexico (flac 241mb)
01 Macorina 2:46
02 Mi Segundo Amor 2:55
03 Noche De Ronda 3:14
04 Flor De Azalea 2:04
05 Simón Blanco 4:10
06 Cuando Vivas Conmigo 2:45
07 La Llorona 3:56
08 En El Último Trago 2:30
09 Esta Tristeza Mía 3:27
10 Que Te Vaya Bonito 3:22
11 Tú Y La Mentira 3:07
12 Vámonos 3:22
13 Macorina (encore) 2:46
Chavela Vargas - Le Canta a Mexico (ogg 103mb)
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Following her re-emegence from retirement in 1979, this was the first full length album from the famed ranchera in many a decade. Recorded in Madrid in May 1994, "Macorina" is a gift from a woman who has the unique ability to convey a song with the wisdom gained by experience from life and have it resonate in every note from her lips. While age and hard living have taken their toll on her body, her artistry shines brighter than ever! No one can electrify an audience quite like Vargas and evoke emotions in so many people.
Chavela Vargas - Macorina (flac 208mb)
01 Vámonos 5:17
02 Zandunga 3:48
03 Piensa En Mí 3:18
04 Por Qué Volviste A Mí 3:19
05 Las Simples Cosas 3:43
06 Que Te Vaya Bonito 3:32
07 Sus Ojos Se Cerraron 4:22
08 Cuando Vivas Conmigo 3:18
09 Corazón, Corazón 3:40
10 Si No Te Vas 4:14
11 Macorina 4:57
Chavela Vargas - Macorina (ogg 93mb)
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Chavela has the knack for making emotion break through the language barriers. She sounds so intense and profound. Despite her age she is still making albums that touch the soul. This album has some re-recordings of songs that when originally recorded by her in the 1960's evoked a sense of pain and passion. The new recordings have a different emotional feel-longing and rememberance. Paloma Negra, Fallaste Corazon, Enorme Distancia etc. are just few examples.
That's not to say that there aren't any new surprises on this album. El Preso Número Nueve offers a interesting spin on morals, religion, pride and revenge as prisoner number nine confesses his sins to the priest before being put to death. Also, Noche de Mi Amor can make you cry. Too many of us take for granted the ones we love. In a world where Vegas weddings are just as common as the divorces that follow, this song is basically about a person wanting the whole world to join in and sanction the one she loves. From the Sea, to the Sun, to a Thousand Bells Ringing- Chavela sings passionately of a love in her life that she wants to celebrate with pride just before her voice fades out at the song's end. Coming from an woman in her eighties, this means a lot!
Chavela Vargas - Somos ( flac 225mb)
01 Somos 2:36
02 Fallaste Corazón 4:20
03 Con Mis Propias Manos 5:03
04 El Preso Número Nueve 4:47
05 Aquel Amor 2:58
06 Tú Me Acostumbraste 2:42
07 Amarga Navidad 3:54
08 La Noche De Mi Amor 3:45
09 La Enorme Distancia 3:37
10 Pobre Corazón 3:58
11 Paloma Negra 4:38
12 Amar Y Vivir 2:22
Chavela Vargas - Somos (ogg 96mb)
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Chavela Vargas is a woman who manages to be both a Mexican institution and an iconoclast at the same time. Almost 90 at the time of this release, she has shown that ranchera and bolero can be feminine forms, and not exclusively the preserve of very macho artists like José Alfredo Jiménez. Titled for her nickname, this CD/DVD package is a remarkable piece of work about an artist who deserves wider recognition outside her homeland. The DVD is fascinating, with an excellent interview that illustrates her philosophy of life, but it's the music that's most telling, like "Las Simples Cosas," where her voices aches with passion over a spare, very Mexican sound. Even at her age there's an almost magical presence in her singing, full of lust, romance, and fate. Her take on the classic "La Llorona" is a prime example -- you can practically feel the desire dripping from her words. She's one of the most important singers ever to have come out of Mexico, and this does her proud.
Chavela Vargas - Cupaima (flac 267mb)
01 Un Mundo Raro 1:59
02 Piensa En Mi 3:45
03 La Llorona 7:38
04 Las Ciudades 5:12
05 La Vereda Tropical 4:40
06 Maria Tepozteka 3:15
07 Cruz De Olvido 4:24
08 Somos 2:16
09 Soledad 3:54
10 Macorina 3:28
11 Canción De Las Simples Cosas 5:06
12 La Despedida 3:19
Chavela Vargas - Cupaima (ogg 114mb)
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Released only a few months before she passed away at the age of 93, the last album from the incomparable Chavela Vargas is a moving tribute to Federico García Lorca, arguably the greatest Spanish poet of the 20th century. In this disc-plus-book release, Vargas recites 16 of Lorca's poems while guitarists Juan Carlos Allende and Miguel Peña fill the musical background with timeless melodies from the classic repertoire of Mexican ranchera and bolero that Vargas will be forever associated with ("Macorina," "Soledad," "Piensa en Mí," etc.). Two new songs complete the album, "¿Qué Hicieron con Tu Muerte?" and "Ángel Que No Vela," both inspired by Lorca's life, work, and tragic death. Luna Grande is a dignified farewell from one of the most emblematic Latin artists of the past century.
Chavela Vargas - La Luna Grande (flac 186mb)
01 Noche De Ronda (Arbolé Arbolé...)
02 Si No Te Vas (Noche Del Amor Insomne)
03 Sombras (Yo Soy La Madre De Doña Rosita...)
04 Se Me Hizo Fácil (Yo Ansío Verte Llegar...)
05 Macorina (Cabellos De Emperadora...)
06 La Llorona (El Cielo Tiene Jardines...)
07 Amar Y Vivir (El Poeta Habla Por Teléfono Con El Amor)
08 Cruz De Olvido (Amor, Amor...)
09 Nosotros (Toda Mi Vida...)
10 La Rosa (Casida VII, De La Rosa)
11 Romance De La Pena Negra
12 Mujer (Volaré Por El Hilo De Plata)
13 Santa (Ángel Que No Vela (Ch. Vargas))
14 Luz De Luna (Canción De Jinete, 1860)
15 Soledad (Gacela III, Del Amor Desesperado)
16 Piensa En Mí (¿Qué Hicieron Con Tu Muerte? (Ch. Vargas))
17 Somos (Os Doy Mi Corazón...)
18 María Tepozteca Canción De Jinete)
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Singer Chavela Vargas was a pioneer on many respects. Born in 1919, she became famous in the 1950s but her career was interrupted and she was forgotten two decades later to the point that many people believed her to be dead. Her comeback around the age of 70 was one of the most remarkable in the history of music, so was her presence in the public awareness, both for her music and for attitude. The film Chavela co-directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi with the participation of Pedro Almodóvar is part of a spectacular comeback of an artist whose life is still surrounded by mysteries six years after her death.
Chavela Vargas was a very non-conventional woman and artist who built her career and lived much of her life in a conservative country. She sang the music of the Mexican cowboys ('rancheras') and dressed unconventionally. It was only very late in her life and career that she could go public as a lesbian, but her sexual orientation as well as the alcohol addiction were the principal causes of her fall of the grace of the public at the peak of her career, despite her success and popularity. Audiences simply believed that she is no longer alive, but to everybody's surprise (including probably her own) she had the courage and power to make one of the most sensational comebacks in the history of music, enjoying again success, and becoming an international celebrity. She was older than 80 years when she made her debut in places like Carnegie Hall or Olympia, and her music was a source of inspiration for several films of Pedro Almodóvar. It is based mostly on her own interviews and on testimonies from her friends and colleagues. There is a lot of material about her private life, less about her music. As in many musical documentaries music presented on screen (with very appropriate English translation of the lyrics) speaks best about her art.
Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela's songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her - as well as those she spread about herself - the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
Chavela (mkv 793mb)
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Today's artist is a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She was especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras, but she is also recognized for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music. Chavela Vargas has left, and left behind 93 years of intense life, of life in freedom. The great lady of ranchera music had a very turbulent existence: wild parties, alcoholism, sexual preferences that brought her not a few problems in her youth and some serious illnesses that failed, however, to undermine a musical career full of successes. Chavela earned the respect of the public singing above any excess. The affection was obtained simply with his way of being: speechless, funny, rebellious and passionate, until his last breath.She has been an influential interpreter in the Americas and Europe, muse to figures such as Pedro Almodóvar, hailed for her haunting performances, and called "la voz áspera de la ternura", the rough voice of tenderness. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, presented her with a Latin Grammy Statuette in 2007 after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of that organization. . .....N'Joy
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She was born in Costa Rica, in San Joaquín de Flores, as Isabel Vargas Lizano, daughter of Francisco Vargas and Herminia Lizano. She was baptized on 15 July 1919 with the forenames "María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús." She had a difficult childhood: her parents divorced and left her under the care of an uncle, and she contracted poliomyelitis. She went by Chavela, which is a pet name for Isabel. At age 17, she abandoned her native country due to lack of opportunities for a musical career, seeking refuge in Mexico, where an entertainment industry was burgeoning. There she resided for almost eight decades and obtained Mexican nationality.
For many years she sang on the streets, but in her thirties she became a professional singer, In her youth, she dressed as a man, smoked cigars, drank heavily, carried a gun, and was known for her characteristic red jorongo, which she donned in performances until old. Vargas sang the canción ranchera, which she performed in her own peculiar style. The typical ranchera, as represented by José Alfredo Jiménez, was a masculine but emotional song about love and its mishaps, usually mediated by alcohol, since in a macho culture, the display of feelings by men is allowed only to the drunk. The ranchera is sung from a man's perspective and with a mariachi accompaniment. Chavela sang this type of song as a solo, using only guitar and voice, evoking the singing style of a drunk man. She often slowed down the tempo of melodies to draw more dramatic tension out of songs, so they could be taken as naughtily humorous.
Romance with Frida Kahlo. In the 1940s, she made friends with Mexican culture characters such as José Alfredo, Pedro Infante, Agustín Lara, Jorge Negrete, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, who for a time hosted her at home. With Kahlo she shared a great friendship, and it is rumored that they also maintained a romance. The painter mentioned Vargas in a letter whose authenticity has been discussed a lot. It was addressed to the poet Carlos Pellicer and said: "Today I met Chavela Vargas, extraordinary, lesbian, it seemed more erotic to me, I do not know if she felt what I did, but I think she is a woman who is liberal enough, ask, I would not hesitate a second to undress before her ... She, I repeat, is erotic, maybe it's a gift that heaven sends me Frida K
Towards the end of the 1950s, she became known within artistic circles, due in part to her performances in Acapulco, center of international tourism, where she sang at the Champagne Room of the restaurant La Perla. Her first album, Noche de Bohemia (Bohemian Night), was released in 1961 with the professional support of José Alfredo Jiménez, one of the foremost singer/songwriters of Mexican ranchera music. She eventually recorded more than 80 albums. Vargas was hugely successful during the 1950s, the 1960s, and the first half of the 1970s, touring in Mexico, the United States, France, and Spain and was close to many prominent artists and intellectuals of the time, including Juan Rulfo, Agustín Lara, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Dolores Olmedo and José Alfredo Jiménez.
Success raised her to stages all over the world, but she also lived two decades immersed in an alcoholism that almost killed her. Between 1970 and 1990. "When I was drunk I never did anything bad, I just fell down in all the holes I found and with everything and car I fell ... I was disgraced, I got drunk 25 years, I did not lose them, I lived them in the canteen and I had a lot of fun, "she said, presuming that in all her life he had taken 45,000 liters of tequila and could still donate her liver...right
In the late 1970s Vargas partially retired from performing due to a 15-year battle with alcoholism, which she described in her autobiography (Y si quieres saber de mi pasado [And if you want to know about my past], published in 2002) as "my 15 years in hell." Chavela couldn't keep on with her heavy drinking and intense lifestyle. In 1970, "submerged in an alcoholic haze" as she described it, she was taken in by an Indian family who nursed her back to health without knowing who she was. In 2003, she told The New York Times that she had not had a drink in 25 years.
Vargas returned to the stage in 1991, performing at a bohemian nightclub called "El Hábito" in Coyoacán, Mexico City. Her career started to recover international prominence, with performances in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Vargas debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2003 at age 83 at the behest and promotion of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, an admirer and friend.
At age 81, she publicly came out as a lesbian in her autobiography titled And If You Want to Know about My Past. But it wasn't really a surprise to her fans. For years Vargas refused to change the genders in her songs. In "Paloma Negra" ("Black Dove"), Vargas accuses a woman of partying all night long and breaking her heart.
Vargas is featured in many of Almodóvar's films, including La flor de mi secreto in both song and video. She said, however, that acting was not her ambition, although she had previously participated in films such as the 1967 movie La Soldadera. Vargas also appeared in Frida, singing "La Llorona" (The Weeping Woman). Her classic "Paloma Negra" (Black Dove) was also included in the soundtrack of the film. Vargas herself, as a young woman, was alleged to have had an affair with Frida Kahlo during Kahlo's marriage to muralist Diego Rivera. She appeared in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel, singing "Tú me acostumbraste" ("I got used to you"), a bolero by Frank Domínguez.
On February 10, 2017, the biographical film Chavela debuted. Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi, the film features Pedro Almodóvar, Elena Benarroch and Miguel Bosé among others. Available here
Chavela Vargas had been hospitalized for several weeks as a result of respiratory problems. She died age 93 on August 5th 2012 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According her official Facebook page, her last words were "I leave with Mexico in my heart." .
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Chavela Vargas is to Mexican song like Edith Piaf is to French songs, or like Amalia Rodrigues is to Portuguese music, or like Nana Mouskouri is to Greek music... that is, she IS Mexican song. She is a legend. Anybody who wants a beautiful record of Chavela Vargas, this one is superb... one of her best... Take it from somebody who knows: you will love this record.
Chavela Vargas - Le Canta a Mexico (flac 241mb)
01 Macorina 2:46
02 Mi Segundo Amor 2:55
03 Noche De Ronda 3:14
04 Flor De Azalea 2:04
05 Simón Blanco 4:10
06 Cuando Vivas Conmigo 2:45
07 La Llorona 3:56
08 En El Último Trago 2:30
09 Esta Tristeza Mía 3:27
10 Que Te Vaya Bonito 3:22
11 Tú Y La Mentira 3:07
12 Vámonos 3:22
13 Macorina (encore) 2:46
Chavela Vargas - Le Canta a Mexico (ogg 103mb)
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Following her re-emegence from retirement in 1979, this was the first full length album from the famed ranchera in many a decade. Recorded in Madrid in May 1994, "Macorina" is a gift from a woman who has the unique ability to convey a song with the wisdom gained by experience from life and have it resonate in every note from her lips. While age and hard living have taken their toll on her body, her artistry shines brighter than ever! No one can electrify an audience quite like Vargas and evoke emotions in so many people.
Chavela Vargas - Macorina (flac 208mb)
01 Vámonos 5:17
02 Zandunga 3:48
03 Piensa En Mí 3:18
04 Por Qué Volviste A Mí 3:19
05 Las Simples Cosas 3:43
06 Que Te Vaya Bonito 3:32
07 Sus Ojos Se Cerraron 4:22
08 Cuando Vivas Conmigo 3:18
09 Corazón, Corazón 3:40
10 Si No Te Vas 4:14
11 Macorina 4:57
Chavela Vargas - Macorina (ogg 93mb)
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Chavela has the knack for making emotion break through the language barriers. She sounds so intense and profound. Despite her age she is still making albums that touch the soul. This album has some re-recordings of songs that when originally recorded by her in the 1960's evoked a sense of pain and passion. The new recordings have a different emotional feel-longing and rememberance. Paloma Negra, Fallaste Corazon, Enorme Distancia etc. are just few examples.
That's not to say that there aren't any new surprises on this album. El Preso Número Nueve offers a interesting spin on morals, religion, pride and revenge as prisoner number nine confesses his sins to the priest before being put to death. Also, Noche de Mi Amor can make you cry. Too many of us take for granted the ones we love. In a world where Vegas weddings are just as common as the divorces that follow, this song is basically about a person wanting the whole world to join in and sanction the one she loves. From the Sea, to the Sun, to a Thousand Bells Ringing- Chavela sings passionately of a love in her life that she wants to celebrate with pride just before her voice fades out at the song's end. Coming from an woman in her eighties, this means a lot!
Chavela Vargas - Somos ( flac 225mb)
01 Somos 2:36
02 Fallaste Corazón 4:20
03 Con Mis Propias Manos 5:03
04 El Preso Número Nueve 4:47
05 Aquel Amor 2:58
06 Tú Me Acostumbraste 2:42
07 Amarga Navidad 3:54
08 La Noche De Mi Amor 3:45
09 La Enorme Distancia 3:37
10 Pobre Corazón 3:58
11 Paloma Negra 4:38
12 Amar Y Vivir 2:22
Chavela Vargas - Somos (ogg 96mb)
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Chavela Vargas is a woman who manages to be both a Mexican institution and an iconoclast at the same time. Almost 90 at the time of this release, she has shown that ranchera and bolero can be feminine forms, and not exclusively the preserve of very macho artists like José Alfredo Jiménez. Titled for her nickname, this CD/DVD package is a remarkable piece of work about an artist who deserves wider recognition outside her homeland. The DVD is fascinating, with an excellent interview that illustrates her philosophy of life, but it's the music that's most telling, like "Las Simples Cosas," where her voices aches with passion over a spare, very Mexican sound. Even at her age there's an almost magical presence in her singing, full of lust, romance, and fate. Her take on the classic "La Llorona" is a prime example -- you can practically feel the desire dripping from her words. She's one of the most important singers ever to have come out of Mexico, and this does her proud.
Chavela Vargas - Cupaima (flac 267mb)
01 Un Mundo Raro 1:59
02 Piensa En Mi 3:45
03 La Llorona 7:38
04 Las Ciudades 5:12
05 La Vereda Tropical 4:40
06 Maria Tepozteka 3:15
07 Cruz De Olvido 4:24
08 Somos 2:16
09 Soledad 3:54
10 Macorina 3:28
11 Canción De Las Simples Cosas 5:06
12 La Despedida 3:19
Chavela Vargas - Cupaima (ogg 114mb)
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Released only a few months before she passed away at the age of 93, the last album from the incomparable Chavela Vargas is a moving tribute to Federico García Lorca, arguably the greatest Spanish poet of the 20th century. In this disc-plus-book release, Vargas recites 16 of Lorca's poems while guitarists Juan Carlos Allende and Miguel Peña fill the musical background with timeless melodies from the classic repertoire of Mexican ranchera and bolero that Vargas will be forever associated with ("Macorina," "Soledad," "Piensa en Mí," etc.). Two new songs complete the album, "¿Qué Hicieron con Tu Muerte?" and "Ángel Que No Vela," both inspired by Lorca's life, work, and tragic death. Luna Grande is a dignified farewell from one of the most emblematic Latin artists of the past century.
Chavela Vargas - La Luna Grande (flac 186mb)
01 Noche De Ronda (Arbolé Arbolé...)
02 Si No Te Vas (Noche Del Amor Insomne)
03 Sombras (Yo Soy La Madre De Doña Rosita...)
04 Se Me Hizo Fácil (Yo Ansío Verte Llegar...)
05 Macorina (Cabellos De Emperadora...)
06 La Llorona (El Cielo Tiene Jardines...)
07 Amar Y Vivir (El Poeta Habla Por Teléfono Con El Amor)
08 Cruz De Olvido (Amor, Amor...)
09 Nosotros (Toda Mi Vida...)
10 La Rosa (Casida VII, De La Rosa)
11 Romance De La Pena Negra
12 Mujer (Volaré Por El Hilo De Plata)
13 Santa (Ángel Que No Vela (Ch. Vargas))
14 Luz De Luna (Canción De Jinete, 1860)
15 Soledad (Gacela III, Del Amor Desesperado)
16 Piensa En Mí (¿Qué Hicieron Con Tu Muerte? (Ch. Vargas))
17 Somos (Os Doy Mi Corazón...)
18 María Tepozteca Canción De Jinete)
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Singer Chavela Vargas was a pioneer on many respects. Born in 1919, she became famous in the 1950s but her career was interrupted and she was forgotten two decades later to the point that many people believed her to be dead. Her comeback around the age of 70 was one of the most remarkable in the history of music, so was her presence in the public awareness, both for her music and for attitude. The film Chavela co-directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi with the participation of Pedro Almodóvar is part of a spectacular comeback of an artist whose life is still surrounded by mysteries six years after her death.
Chavela Vargas was a very non-conventional woman and artist who built her career and lived much of her life in a conservative country. She sang the music of the Mexican cowboys ('rancheras') and dressed unconventionally. It was only very late in her life and career that she could go public as a lesbian, but her sexual orientation as well as the alcohol addiction were the principal causes of her fall of the grace of the public at the peak of her career, despite her success and popularity. Audiences simply believed that she is no longer alive, but to everybody's surprise (including probably her own) she had the courage and power to make one of the most sensational comebacks in the history of music, enjoying again success, and becoming an international celebrity. She was older than 80 years when she made her debut in places like Carnegie Hall or Olympia, and her music was a source of inspiration for several films of Pedro Almodóvar. It is based mostly on her own interviews and on testimonies from her friends and colleagues. There is a lot of material about her private life, less about her music. As in many musical documentaries music presented on screen (with very appropriate English translation of the lyrics) speaks best about her art.Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela's songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her - as well as those she spread about herself - the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
Chavela (mkv 793mb)
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