Lucha Reyes: the Janis Joplin of Mexico
The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Lucha Reyes, born Maria de la Luz Flores 23 or 28 May (different sources use different birth dates) 1906 in Guadalajara, was one of the earliest of Mexican recording artists, and though recordings in the 1920s, introduced European audiences to Mexican music. Due to her European success, her difficult personal life and her apparent vulnerability, [...]