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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Queen Still Lives!, August 23, 2004
This review is from: Mejor De Rca Victor (Audio CD)
Lola Beltran is, to many, the Queen of the Rancheras. Relatively unknown among the English speakers of the United States, Beltran's interpretation of Mexican "pop" standards and traditional music spans a broad range of styles. Her voice has the purity of fine crystal and has inspired others from Chavela Vargas to Linda Ronstadt. Buy and listen to the original, and understand why Ronstadt chose to cover so many of Lola's original recordings. One of my favorites, "Soy Infeliz", is the opening music for Almodavar's movie, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" ("Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque 'Nervios'")--it's GREAT!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Undisputed Queen of Ranchers, March 12, 2005
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As good as it gets. Lola Beltran combined a suberb voice, vast emotional range and unerring musical intuition to create a body of work unparallelled. Her artistry is well represented in this collection. She brought a gravity and grandeur to her work sorely missing from the comtemporary music world. We shll never hear the likes of her again.
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