This song is an example is one of my favorite lyrical genres: the provincial boast, the prideful proclamation of being from a city or state. In this case, Chente sings of his pride of being from the ...
From "El Rey" to "Estos Celos," these are must-listen songs. The death of Vicente Fernández at 81 years old in 2021 marked the end of a golden era of Mexican ranchera music that lasted almost a ...
Vicente Fernandez flanked by Alex Fernandez, left, and Alejandro Fernández onstage during the 20th Latin Grammy Awards in November 2019 in Las Vegas. ( Rich Fury / Getty Images) No one would’ve held ...
Fernández has such a massive canon that he could've rested on his laurels since the 1980s and still put on a hell of a show–that's how Antonio Aguilar did it. But the genius of Chente is that he's ...
The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have ...
No one would’ve held it against Vicente Fernández if he had flamed out early in his career. After all, the singer had the weight of a nation placed on him when he debuted in 1966. Mexico’s three ...