MEXICO CITY -- It is almost pointless to be sad about the passing of Chavela Vargas. Her entire life, through song, was about transcending and challenging death. The singer, who passed away Sunday in ...

The day you first hear Chavela Vargas is the best day you’ll have that year. A majestic and inimitable performer, and a lesbian trailblazer of gender nonconformity, the Mexican chanteuse stripped ...

When American filmmaker Catherine Gund met Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas in 1991, both women were at major crossroads in their lives. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

It was more a statement of political solidarity than an earth-shattering revelation when, at age 81, ranchera singer Chavela Vargas officially came out as a lesbian. For decades she’d been a legendary ...

She was a cultural icon across the Spanish-speaking world, with a voice that redefined notions of beauty and an attitude that brashly bent gender... Chavela Vargas, Legendary Ranchera Singer, Dies A ...

Legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas receives justifiably laudatory treatment in this documentary celebrating her refusal to compromise together with her musical brilliance. In 1992, Catherine Gund ...

Chavela Vargas was a hard-living, feisty singer from Costa Rica who won fame for defying gender stereotypes in the male-dominated world of... Chavela Vargas: Putting The Fight In Music MICHEL MARTIN, ...

Music Box Films has bought U.S. rights to the documentary “Chavela” and plans an October theatrical release, Variety has learned exclusively. “Chavela,” directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi, ...

Legendary openly lesbian singer Chavela Vargas dies at 93 After a seven-day battle with respiratory problems, the legendary openly lesbian singer Chavela Vargas passed away Sundau, August 5, in ...

AMT has announced a preview of their upcoming show Becoming Chavela, a musical play about iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas which will run in Guadalajara, Mexico in June before returning to AMT ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Chavela Vargas, who defied gender stereotypes to become one of the most legendary singers in Mexico, died Sunday at age 93. Her friend and biographer Maria Cortina said Vargas died ...