Chavela Vargas
Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriterWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
Susan L. MillerGUEST
And this is the very last poem in the book.
Susan L. MillerGUEST
Um, it has a song in it called Angelitos Negros, which, uh, was made popular by a really amazing Mexican singer named Chavela Vargas.
Susan L. MillerGUEST
Um, supposedly she was potentially one of the lovers of Frida Kahlo.
Susan L. MillerGUEST
Um, she had this just, like, gorgeous, super ruined voice, and I love listening to her.
Caitlin DuranteHOST
The end.
Vanessa GuerreroGUEST
And then it ends with the song Llorona by Chavela Vargas.
Caitlin DuranteHOST
Mm-hmm.
Vanessa GuerreroGUEST
But it's in this haunting key.
The Rough Voice of Tenderness: Chavela Vargas, Who Came Out at 81
Oct 15 · 12 Mentions
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To a quiet garden at the foot of a mountain, and a red wool poncho worn soft at the shoulders.
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This is the story of Chavela Vargas, who sang love songs to women all her life, and who waited until she was eighty-one to say the word out loud.
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Imagine, if you will, a narrow street in Coyoacán, in the south of Mexico City in 1991.
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It is evening.
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She stands in the middle of it with her arms still open.
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An old woman in red wool, entirely alive.
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Her name is Chavela Vargas.
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To understand how she came to this small stage and how far she will travel from it, let's step back to where she began.