Ana Gabriel Essentials

Few people can hold a note like Ana Gabriel, or deliver the degree of passion that seems to just ooze out of her pores. With every heartfelt ballad she belts out, she cradles you, tells you she's been there and reassures you that everything will be OK because it has to be. But the virtuosic diva with the trademark rasp can do much more than comfort-pop—her soaring rancheras are proof that she carries the red, white and green in her DNA.