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.  

the wandering

Patrick Watson and MARO.




Woke up a bit slowly feeling a bit lonely . But here we are . Got a nowhere kinda fever like melancholy’s a-dreaming . And that’s my favourite kind of feeling . Don’t know where we’re going . Don’t know where we’ve been . It’s that strange kind of wind again.

Your feet are a hanging off of this train dreaming . Up the world walking by . Wandered through the strangers . Too quick for them to notice . Who you are . I don’t know anybody . And no one knows me . I could be anything . And you're my favourite company . You and I in disguise watching the world . Wonder by . Aaaaaah

We went everywhere . We went everywhere.

Four of spades pulls up in her car . And I’m standing outside the bar . She says get in we’re gonna drive drive too far.
Wrapped in my foreign heart . I don’t know where we are . Can’t remember my name . And she feels the same . And know we’ll be sad . At the end of the road . We don’t want this conversation to end anymore.
Don’t know where we’re going . Don’t know where we have been .
Since we were young . Partes de mim deixo onde vou . And the hills were on fire . São tantas as vezes que esqueço o que sou . Ou onde estou agora . Everything sang to me . Ai, eu já não sei se quero ir embora . Ou se quero ficar . We went everywhere . We went everywhere . Ou se quero ficar . Aaaaaaah

bonsoir

Je te laisserai des mots. En-dessous de ta porte. En-dessous de les murs qui chantent. Tout près de la place où tes pieds passent. Cachés dans les trous de ton divan. Et quand tu es seule pendant un instant.
Ramasse-moi. Quand tu voudras.
Embrasse-moi. Quand tu voudras.
Ramasse-moi. Quand tu voudras.

I feel your pain

You're also dying. You're also safe.

Caspian Tiger by Beirut, from the album A Study of Losses, released on April 18, 2025.

Vino Dragostea

Sofia Leão, only 18 years old, is a Portuguese composer and musician and daughter of our known Rodrigo Leão. She released her 1st album "Mar" (Sea) one month ago. Most songs are sung in Portuguese, one in English and this one, in Italian, Vino Dragostea, a very nice song, kinda old traditional troubadour song about some loose ideas like: Dragostea Wine, weak current of Satan, you go with this current ... The sea embraces the moon, the moon embraces the sea ... and you depend on yourself.