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To the people she was known as "The Lark of the Borderlands" ("La Alondra de la Frontera") and "The Songstress of the Poor" ("La Cancionero de los Pobres"). Today, they call her "La Gloria de Tejas."
Lydia Mendoza was born in Houston in 1916.
/Stay tuned, more to come.
--Mark
For more information, contact Arhoolie Records.
Or, read: Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography by Chris Srachwitz with James Nicolopulos, Arte Público Press
