Deolinda - Outras Hist≤rias
ARTIST........: Deolinda
TITLE.........: Outras Hist≤rias
LABEL.........: Universal
URL...........: http://www.deolinda.pt
GENRE.........: Pop-Folk
QUALITY:......: 232 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2016-04-06
RELEASE DATE..: 2016-02-19
Tracklist:
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01. Bons Dias 3:28
02. Manta Para Dois 2:49
03. Mau Acordar 2:55
04. Corzinha de Verπo 4:09
05. Bote Furado 3:10
06. Desavindos 2:44
07. Canτπo Aranha 3:18
08. Av≤ Da Maria 2:58
09. Nunca ╔ Tarde 3:49
10. A Velha E O DJ 2:36
11. Pontos No Mundo 2:53
12. Berbicacho 2:58
13. Bom Partido 3:12
14. Canτ⌡es Que Tu Farias 3:55
15. Danτar De Olhos Fechados 3:34
Total 48:28
Release Notes:
- History ---
Deolinda was founded in 2006 as an acoustic group named after a fictional young
women, who loves fado and comments on contemporary Portugal. Singer Ana Bacalhau
stated that she is ôthe sum of our four personalities.ö
The group has four members, singer Ana Bacalhau, brothers (and Ana's cousins)
Pedro da Silva Martins and Luφs JosΘ Martins, and Ana's husband JosΘ Pedro
Leitπo. All four had been involved in various musical activities before
Deolinda. Ana Bacalhau was a fado-jazz punker in a band called Lupanar
(2001-2006), which was much more macabre and cutting. Luφs JosΘ Martins (guitar,
ukulele, viola, Portuguese cavaco, and guitarlele) is conservatory trained, and
double bass player JosΘ Pedro Leitπo has a classical and jazz background.
The ensemble's origin was over a dinner between Ana and her cousins, discussing
the idea of collaborating. They stated they pulled out their instruments and
found they had an unspoken ôchemistry.ö Soon after they added bass player JosΘ
Pedro. They quickly became popular in clubs, with a reputation gained by
word-of-mouth, attracting attention from record labels by 2007.
Their debut album Canτπo Ao Lado (2008) went double-platinum in Portugal with
shows beginning to sell out. The album remained one of the most popular in
Portugal for over two years. Their second album, Dois Selos E Um Carimbo (2010),
was in the top ten in the country for fifteen weeks after it came out.
- Music ---
Although strongly associated with fado (lit. fate), a usually dark and somber
form of Portuguese music, they do not play it, at least not traditionally.
Traditional fado faded during PortugalÆs dictatorship in the 20th century, but
it has made a comeback, by a generation that grew up on Pearl Jam and Nirvana,
but who also rediscovered the recordings of their grandparentsÆ generation. This
rediscovery, created a new wave of fado, sometimes called neofado, which
includes artists such as Mariza, Dulce Pontes and Ana Moura, who respect the
classics (e.g. the work of Amßlia Rodrigues), but have created their own
versions, generally fusing other musical styles and/or using electrified
instruments.
DeolindaÆs work also integrates other musical styles, including pop, folks and
blues, but they do use only acoustic instruments. Their work is even more
distinct in that it is musically more whimsical and playful, sometimes called
ôhappy fadoö and even when serious, is never brooding.
Their lyrics are elliptical and ironic, generally dealing with social
interactions and human frailties, often with humor. Their work is an indirect
form of protest music, which has its roots in the m·sica de intervenτπo
tradition of Portuguese folk musicians, before the 1974 Carnation Revolution,
which ended five decades of dictatorship. Like their predecessors, their
criticism is indirect, using metaphors a lighter pop sound. One of their most
popular songs, Parva que eu sou, has become a kind of anthem for students and
young people frustrated with the lack of economic opportunities.
Most of their work is written from the perspective of a fictional young woman
named Deolinda, created by the groupÆs songwriter Pedro da Silva Martins.
Deolinda lives with her cats and goldfish in a Lisbon apartment, watching the
world through her window and commentating on what she sees. Deolinda loves
Portugal, but sees its flaws, and comments on them and other aspects of life in
the country.
Initially Silva Martins wrote two songs about Deolinda but fans demanded more,
so she became the focus of the groupÆs. The tactic has been so successful that
Deolinda appear as a cartoon character on the first two albums, and she
continues to be the voice in the third, Mundo pedqenino, released in 2013.
The departure from the musical style, which is only obliquely evoked, and
subject matter of traditional fado has led to DeolindaÆs music as being called
ônot fadoö or called ôindie neofado.ö
While the band members can play a variety of instruments, they stick to two
guitars, a double bass and vocals in order to travel light.
- Performances ---
It has a reputation for flamboyant and sometimes comic performances.[4] Unlike
traditional fado singers who wear black shawls, Ana wears brightly colored
clothes based on traditional folk costumes of Portugal. The lead singer uses
theatrics, stage banter and spritely intonations to keep the attention of the
audience.
The band started in clubs, but by 2009 had played the World Music Expo, followed
by a major tour in the United States, Canada and Europe, playing cities such as
Albuquerque, Chicago, New York, Sherbrooke, Detroit, Stockholm, Vienna, Brussels
and Paris. In 2014, the group was invited to perform at the Festival
Internacional Cervantino in Mexico.
- Recognition ---
As of 2013, Deolinda is the most famous neofado group in Portugal. Music
magazine Songlines named the group the best world beat newcomer after the
release of the 2008 album, Canτπo ao lado. The second album, Dois selos e um
carimbo, won the JosΘ Alfonso Award in 2011.