Sara Correia. From the people to the people

Sara Correia is a young Portuguese singer of Fado, the urban traditional genre of song of Lisbon.
Fado are mostly soulful songs and were originally created centuries ago by a mixture of local musicians and Portuguese Guitar players with local communities of immigrants, mixing their soulful songs with Portuguese guitars.  
Sara Correia is precisely a descendent from those communities, growing up and living in one of "people's neighbourhoods", Chelas.
Now, that she is a famous artist, she decided to thank her neighbours and friends, giving them a free concert.
Here's her song of proud of her origins: "I come from my neighborhood, from my window I count the stars (estrelas/stellas). I'm not from anywhere else, I'm from Chelas."


And now, Sara expressing her gratitude to her most important reference, Amália Rodrigues.  

Ana Moura

Ana Moura is a Portuguese singer of the music genre Fado. She is related to Africa and its culture due to her parents living in Angola and to her African grandmother Guilhermina. Casa Guilhermina, is the title of Ana Moura's last album where she embraces all her ancestral cultures with some mix of new urban rhythms. Here's some videos I recorded from her last concert, 3 days ago.

Carminho at Tiny Desk

Carminho is one of the finest singers of Fado, an old portuguese music genre. 
I'll just leave this video here. Please use the subtitles to understand the lyrics, they are pretty accurate. 

the haughty kite bird wounded on the wing

Porto, is a very ancient city built on a riverside's slope by the end of Douro river.
Carlos Tê, a very romantic poet, returning to his majestic old city and watching it crossing the river, compared that view to a haughty kite bird* wounded on the wing (altivez de milhafre ferido na asa) and he wrote this soulful poem. Rui Veloso transformed it into this beautiful song in fado style**.

This video was recorded by me only 4 hours ago. The live performance of this song is always a very touching moment for the public and for the artists.
Notes:
* A kite bird (milhafre) from Porto area is similar to a big falcon.
** Fado is a Portuguese music style but Rui Veloso is a bluesman.

remembering Lhasa

"I'm going in" (2008)

"Meu amor, meu amor" (2004) a cover from the Portuguese original fado of Amália Rodrigues - Alain Oulman - Ary dos Santos, 1968.

no expectations

purple prince and fado

Prince loved Fado which he knew firstly listening to Ana Moura. He even composed some songs with Fado influence. "77 Beverly Park" was his address in LA back in 2008/2010 and it is the title of this truly fado song without voice on the clip above, the only available online.
Below, the one who inspired him, his friend Ana Moura, who sang with him a couple of times:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Ricardo Gordo

Little Wing (original Jimi Hendrix)


01 - 00:00 - Terra de Pó / Land of Dust (Custódio Castelo)
02 - 03:30 - Pastora de Portalegre / Portalegre's Shepherdess (Ricardo Gordo)
03 - 07:47 - A Machadinha / The Hatchet (traditional Portuguese - Ricardo Gordo)
04 - 10:04 - Murmúrios do Silêncio / Murmurs of Silence (Custódio Castelo)
05 - 12:35 - Sinos de Waibel / Bells of Waibel (Custódio Castelo)
06 - 15:29 - Fado Fortuito (Ricardo Gordo)
07 - 19:15 - Nuvem de Canela / Cloud of Cinnamon (Ricardo Gordo)
08 - 23:10 - Fado Amália (J Galhardo - F Valério - arrangements by C Castelo)
09 - 24:25 - Verdes Anos / Green Years (Carlos Paredes)
10 - 26:46 - Fado Metal (Ricardo Gordo)
11 - 30:30 - Variações em Ré menor / Variations in D minor (Fontes Rocha)

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Have an amazing week :}

good night,

have a lovely week :)

gaivota

This is something I never posted because I heard it a lot. It was originally sung by Amália Rodrigues for a long time and recorded in some versions. It was covered by many artistis.

The reason I'm posting this it's just beacause I was missing this beautiful cover by "Amália Hoje" by the Gift (Sónia Tavares sings) and others.

"If a seagull would bring me the sky of Lisbon, on the drawing I would make, a sky where the look, is a wing that doesn't fly, it fades and falls into the sea.

What a perfect heart would beat in my chest. My love in your hand, the hand where would fit perfectly my heart. ... ... "

World Heritage

This is a post about an old kind of Music from a city and from a country. This kind of music became popular by the sailors and by some bohemian life in Lisboa (Lisbon).

I have to say I don't like most of Fado's songs but I love some a lot.

Yesterday, this kind of music was classified as World Heritage. And I'm proud of it :)

Lula Pena

For some years I've searching for the traditional song "dá-me uma gotinha de água" sang by Lula Pena. She has a very peculiar and beautiful way of singing. She sings fado (covers) as many traditionals and others. I gave up searching for the wonderful "drop of water". Here are other examples of Lula's alchemy:

have a wonderful week :)