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The acclaimed young fadista Ana Moura claims influences as varied as Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye, and has shared stages with Mick Jagger and Prince. But on her solo albums she generally sticks to the verities: a 12-string Portuguese guitar, a conventional six-string guitar, a bass, and her achingly lovely voice belting out fados both new and old in a style that draws deeply on tradition while incorporating subtle melodic and rhythmic innovations in a seamless, unprepossessing way. What's newest and most modern about her songs is the lyrical shift; where older songs from the fado tradition reflect the more subservient role of women in earlier Portuguese society, the contemporary compositions that Moura sings are informed by the greater independence women enjoy today. "In matters of the heart," Moura says, "we face our feelings in different ways and the ways we tell our story are different." The feelings themselves are still pretty much the same, however. Songs like "A Penumbra," "De Quando em Vez," and "Leva-me aos Fados" all deal with the particular brand of romantic longing that is particular to this genre: a dark and bittersweet sense of loss and regret. The recurring theme is not "I love you" or "Please love me," but instead something along the lines of "Our love will never be possible, so I'm going to stand in this smoky bar and sing my heartache." Every song on this album is gorgeous and richly emotional without being bombastically emotive, and the rhythmic and thematic experiments -- a tango rhythm here, a strutting and defiant backbeat there -- only serve to deepen and enrich the tradition to which Ana Moura is clearly devoted.
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Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Tozé Brito, ComposerLyricist - Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Manuela De Freitas, Author - Pedro Rodrigues, Composer - Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Claudio Rabello, Adapter - Jorge Fernando, Author, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Author, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Carlos Viana, Composer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Alfredo Marceneiro, Composer - Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Mario Rainho, Author - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Fernando Mauricio, Author - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Mario Rainho, Composer - Filipe Larsen, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Popular Tradicional., Composer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nuno Miguel Guedes, Author - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Mario Rainho, Author - Filipe Larsen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joao Maria dos Anjos, Composer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Author, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - José Manuel David, Composer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
José Mário Branco, Composer - Jorge Fernando, Author, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Jorge Fernando, Author, Producer, Viola, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, Composer, MainArtist - Filipe Larsen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Amelia Muge, ComposerLyricist - Jorge Fernando, Producer, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Custodio Castelo, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ana Moura, MainArtist - Yuri Daniel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gaiteiros De Lisboa, Percussion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Naná Fernando Nunes, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - José Manuel Davide, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
Albumbeschreibung
The acclaimed young fadista Ana Moura claims influences as varied as Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye, and has shared stages with Mick Jagger and Prince. But on her solo albums she generally sticks to the verities: a 12-string Portuguese guitar, a conventional six-string guitar, a bass, and her achingly lovely voice belting out fados both new and old in a style that draws deeply on tradition while incorporating subtle melodic and rhythmic innovations in a seamless, unprepossessing way. What's newest and most modern about her songs is the lyrical shift; where older songs from the fado tradition reflect the more subservient role of women in earlier Portuguese society, the contemporary compositions that Moura sings are informed by the greater independence women enjoy today. "In matters of the heart," Moura says, "we face our feelings in different ways and the ways we tell our story are different." The feelings themselves are still pretty much the same, however. Songs like "A Penumbra," "De Quando em Vez," and "Leva-me aos Fados" all deal with the particular brand of romantic longing that is particular to this genre: a dark and bittersweet sense of loss and regret. The recurring theme is not "I love you" or "Please love me," but instead something along the lines of "Our love will never be possible, so I'm going to stand in this smoky bar and sing my heartache." Every song on this album is gorgeous and richly emotional without being bombastically emotive, and the rhythmic and thematic experiments -- a tango rhythm here, a strutting and defiant backbeat there -- only serve to deepen and enrich the tradition to which Ana Moura is clearly devoted.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:26
- Main artists: Ana Moura
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Portugal SA
- Genre: Wereldmuziek Fado
© 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A. ℗ 2009 Universal Music Portugal, S.A.
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