Quick dose so I don’t have to have more “nothing’s” crowding up the site
Chavela might be one of the few singers who could match Elza in pipes and history
Born in Costa Rica in 1919 but profoundly Mexican
Chavela Vargas used go respond to those who brought up her place of birth:
“Los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la rechingada gana!”
“We Mexicans are born wherever we fucking feel like it!”
This article from the New Yorker does my job for me here
Complete with iconic lead photo
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-mexicos-majestic-lesbian-chanteuse-chavela-vargas
Today’s dose is one of her most famous songs
Perhaps only La Llorona is more identified with her
Paloma Negra would be up there, too
This is from a 1961 Mexican release
Though included on a thousand and one collections and reissues
Accompanied by only guitar, as it should be
Read, listen, enjoy, revere
