Artist.......: Ramama Vieira
Album........: Lagrimas de Rainha (Tears of a Queen)
Label........: Pacific Coast Jazz
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: 76101
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-09-2009
str.date.....: Mar-24-2009
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.ramanavieira.net
track title time
01. Coimbra (with Jose Galhardo and Raul Ferrao) 03:44
02. Fado Marujo Fado Of The Sailor 03:16
03. Foi Deus It Was God (with Alberto Janes) 04:22
04. Lagrimas De Rainha Tears Of A Queen 03:33
05. Lagrimas Caladas Silent Tears 05:25
06. Povo Que Lavas No Rio People That Wash In 03:25
The River (with Pedro Homem De Mello and Joaqu
07. Amalia 05:19
08. Maria Lisboa 02:51
(with Alan Oulman, David Mourao and Ferrari)
09. My Country Portugal 04:31
10. O Peso Do Mundo The Weight Of The World 06:47
11. This Is My Fado 05:21
12. United In Love 04:53
Runtime 53:27 min
Size 63,2 MB
Release Notes:
When American musicians see song titles in
portuguese, the first thing that comes to mind is
Brazilian music. That's certainly understandable;
Brazil is the largest country in South America, and
a lot of great pop and jazz has come from Brazil.
But there is a whole other world of rich
Portuguese-language singing: fado, which comes from
Portugal itself. And in the United States, one
singer who has been a strong proponent of fado is
Ramana Vieira (who grew up in Northern
California but has Portuguese parents). A prominent
influence on Lagrimas de Rainha (Tears of a Queen)
is the late Amalia Rodrigues (who, arguably, was to
fado what Edith Piaf was to French chanson and
Celia Cruz was to salsa), and there are also hints
of Dulce Pontes (who was born almost 40 years after
Rodrigues) in Vieira's soulful, torchy
performances. But instead of going out of her way
to emulate her influences, Vieira demonstrates that
she is her own person -- and she does that in
Portuguese most of the time, although she performs
mostly or entirely in English on "Amßlia" (a
tribute to Rodrigues), "United in Love," and "My
Country Portugal." This 50-minute CD has its share
of traditional, time-honored fado
gems (including "Maria Lisboa," "Fado Marujo," and
"Coimbra"), but Vieira is far from a fado purist. A
fado purist would not do any singing in English,
and a fado purist would not incorporate jazz and
American adult contemporary the way that
Vieira does at times. But the fact that Vieira does
all of those things is a plus; she is well aware of
fado's rich history,although the expressive singer
obviously isn't afraid to carve out an appealing
identity of her own. And that willingness to
take chances serves Vieira well on the promising
Lagrimas de Rainha.