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Ramana Vieira: Tudo de Mim (All of Me)
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Ramana Vieira
vocalsWhile Tudo de Mim is sung in both English and Portuguese, it crosses genres and defies simple description. "World music " or "contemporary fado" are not adequate for a working artist in Northern California with time in Portugal whose lyrics refer to the jacarandas found in Hawaii, Mexico and elsewhere. Vieira has been doing this kind of work for some time. This, her third album in two decades, is perhaps both her most imaginative and mature. Despite California roots, she is well travelled and plays confident piano as well, so the recording is altogether a pleasant experience. Really, here one finds part of a journey of self-discovery on several levels: artistic, personal, and ethnic. Vieira clearly has a loyal ethnic following in the community.
Recordings like this are increasingly part of the second-generation immigrant experience. They seek to conserve and assimilate traditions, and to innovate, or to remember, but simultaneously to move ahead. Vieira, well trained but really quite relaxed, is perfectly cast in the role of a cultural interpreter. Well known to Portuguese American audiences, she deserves a broader, more diverse one in the United States as well.
Track Listing
Tudo de Mim; E Pecado; Fado La La La; Mother Mary; Jacaranda; Trio Fado Nos Sentidos; Please Love Me Foreve; Lambada; Verdes Anos; Fado La La La (piano).
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Title: Tudo de Mim (All of Me) | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Self-Produced
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