Fado

Christina Branco

I blogged about Fado before and now I was triggered again, because my iPal just came back from a holiday in Portugal, It's just great music and GR probably missed all of this stuff while staring at his laptop on the beach.

Fado is a traditional Portuguese type of folkish music. Amália Rodrigues is the Grand Old Lady in this style of music. Even more interesting are the new young Fado chicks on the block. There's even a Fado girl singer from Holland that I still have to hunt down. Indeed, it looks like there are only female Fado singers.

Fado translates into Destiny or Fate, but this album sounds like sunny and happy Portugal. Semplicemente Il Meglio [1998] from Amália Rodrigues is a nice [35MB.] album to start your Fado quest.
Here is the joyfull La Tramontana song from the Amália album.

Enjoy