PHOTOS of Vicente Fernandez at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado

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Vicente Fernández represented the more humane side of ranchera narratives at the Pepsi Center last week. Photos and text by Julio Enriquez. Two cultural icons of the realm of ranchera music collided last Friday night at the Pepsi Center. The tour should have been titled, “Opposites Attract Tour” (sorry Paula Abdul), where Paquita la del Barrio is the original he-man hate-monger that had her style copped by Miss Alanis Morissette many moons ago, and Vicente Fernández is the antithesis in which his lyrics are pro-women. [...]

[photopress:julieta5.jpg,full,pp_image] Julieta Venegas displayed her grace and versatility as a songwriter and performer at the Ogden Theatre. Photos and text by Julio Enriquez. The pride of Mexico, Julieta Venegas (I’m not talking about Vicente Fernandez here), sashayed from end to end across a tiny stage on Aug. 7 at the Ogden Theatre — the same 13-piece ensemble set up that was used for her MTV “Unplugged” album, which she’s currently promoting. Her precise moves resembled a bank thief working his way through a vault set [...]