Miss Maria said:
I discovered FADO : Traditional Portugese music
Fado is indeed superb portuguese folksong.
Great singers of Fado: Mariza Reis Nunes, Débora Rodrigues
In that same genre (close to fado), you have the Morna: a genre of Cape Verdean music related to Portuguese fado,
You surely have heard of Cesaria Evora from Cap Verde. She has couple of Morna Songs.
My favourite artist for such kind of music is another Cape Verdean singer: Maria de Barros.
http://www.mariadebarros.com/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=20409998
She performed in Mtl about 3,4 years ago and that was a blast!
Miss Maria said:
What are your recent musical finds??
I listen to all kind of completely opposed genre of music (from Bach, Mozart, to flamenco, to hip hop, to Celtic music,
to house, congolese rumba, Ivory Coast's Coupe décallé, Blues, rock & roll, jazz, ukrainian/greek/arabic folkloric music..you name it...really all kind). I do not have any particular recent findings, but I've been recently mainly into the following:
-The Album "Night Owls" of Vaya Con Dios (great and interesting variety of rythms + awesome strong voice from their singer)
This is quite relatively old now, but it's a personal all time favourite of mine.
-The Album "La Cantina" by Lila Downs - Another all time personal great classics. The album is great and has
a variety of interesting rythms on it as well. All albums of Lila Downs are of great interest in terms of both
the messages they carry and the rich material of mixed musics she arranges.
-Bran Van 3000: their techno infused sound really amazes me (I've been listening to them countless times.
Their album "Glee" is pure classic for the genre. I've just bought their latest album "Rosé" and I'm quite
content with it. Really great!)
-Kitaro (My favourite for my quiet moments).
