Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paquita la del Barrio performing in 2006 in San Jose, California - Credit: WireImage Not only did Paquita la del Barrio blaze a ...

Mexico is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved singers, Paquita la del Barrio. NPR's Eyder Peralta has this remembrance of an artist known for excoriating men as she sang about heartbreak.

Francisca Viveros Barradas, best known by her stage name Paquita la del Barrio, has died. She was 77. The Grammy-nominated singer known for hit songs like “Rata de dos Patas,” a song about a scorned ...

This song tells stories of, or is a mini history of, the barrio. Songwriter Hector A. Vaca uses his own proximity to the Austin Package Bombings, oral histories of his neighborhood back in Ecatepec, ...

Not only did Paquita la del Barrio blaze a trail for women in música mexicana, she also rallied against the misogyny that ran rampant in the genre from the moment she stepped onto the music scene. For ...