Lola Beltran

If you want your neck hair to stand on end, start with "Cucurrucucu Paloma." If you want to cry into your beer, "La Media Vuelta" is pretty good. If you want to ease into the ranchera mindset, start with "Si Nos Dejan." Beltran's voice was Mexico's soul, and this short collection shows why: she never oversold a song, she just found its heart and sang it unconditionally.