Ramana Vieira and Fátima Santos: An Evening of Portuguese Fado

East Coast duo Fátima Santos and José Luis Iglésias join West Coast vocalist Ramana Vieira for an evening of fado-inspired music. Fado, the most widely recognized music of Portugal, is a passionate, soul-stirring genre with soaring vocals and dramatic tales of love, loss and redemption.

Ramana Vieira’s personal relationship with fado music lies deep in her family history. Her grandfather was a well-known musician and composer from Madeira Island, Portugal, and she grew up singing fado with her mother. Ramana has been described by Mundo Portugues newspaper as the “New Voice of Portuguese World Music.” She has headlined the world’s largest Portuguese festival, the New Bedford Portuguese Feast in Massachusetts, and performed at the 2010 Encontro Festival in Macau.

Fátima Santos, a native of Albergaria-A-Velha in northern Portugal, began singing in church. Attracted by the operatic vocal technique used by Coimbra fado singers, and inspired by great composers such as José Afonso and Luiz Goes, Fátima began performing this type of fado along with other types of Portuguese vocal music. She is the recipient of two IPMA (International Portuguese Music Awards) for Best World Music and Song of the Year (2014).

Featuring:
Ramana Vieira – vocals
Fátima Santos – vocals
José Luis Iglésias – Portuguese guitar
Patrick Fahey – mandolin
Steve Nelson – percussion
Alberto Ramirez – acoustic bass
Ela Polak – violin

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Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.

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