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共14首歌曲
by Chris Nickson
Chavela Vargas is one of those women who manages to be both a Mexican institution and an iconoclast at the same time. Now almost 90, she's shown that ranchera and bolero can be feminine forms, and not exclusively the preserve or very macho artists like Jose Afredo Jimenez. Titled for her nickname, this package, combining CD and DVD 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 taken on the classic &La Llorana& 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.