Deolinda has traded in the bittersweet saudade of Lisbon’s smoky fado houses for the quirky, jubilant sounds of contemporary Portugal, while freely grabbing inspiration from old fado records, Cape Verdean morna, and 1970s Portuguese singer-songwriters. To conjure this other Portugal, the soulful acoustic quartet invented an alter ego, a middle-aged single woman whose solitary poetry (described on stage in flawless English) would delight Emily Dickinson. Named Deolinda, she writes by her window, watching suburban Lisbon’s characters and foibles unfold below.
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Deolinda's album "Cancao ao Lado" was nominated for a 2010 award in the category Best Newcomer with the prestigious music magazine Songlines.
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS:
"If told this way, no one would really believe the story. A popular music band called Deolinda sings a previously unrecorded song at a concert and a few weeks later it mobilises an entire generation into organising the largest demonstration to have taken place in Portugal in the last thirty years: more than 300,000 people peacefully gathered in the streets. This sounds somewhat outdated, like an old story imbued with revolutionary romanticism, difficult to happen under the cynicism of the 2000s. But as it happens, it really did take place."
May 7, 2011 Pedro Carreira Garcia Portugal Daily View
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Fado Toninho - 2:07
Canção Ao Lado - 2009
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"Não Tenho Mais Razões" from show Joe's Pub, NYC - October 2010
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