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Fado em Si Bemol
Five musicians with very distinct formation and experience join this project looking forward to find the conducting wire between Portuguese Fado and other music styles. With an informal and unpretentious style, the characteristic formalisms of the different genres are dissolved and doors are open to a loose and cool fusion of musical languages with the magical touch of a Portuguese Guitar. From Fado to Bossa Nova, through Jazz, Morna or Ragtime all the world combined.
The unique sound and the diverse background of the group and their music fueled their growth. They went on to add the double bass and percussions to their group. Fado em Si Bemol’s flavor was so well received not only locally, but in different parts of Europe. The group they played at countless clubs, festivals and made appearances on several Portuguese television shows.
With this success in mind, they release their first album “Live” in 2007. Continuing on the same path their second album “Rec” was released in 2010. With the popularity of both albums the group has now released their third album “QB” in September, 2012.
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Meet Fado em Si Bemol:Fado em Si Bemol formed in 2003. It started out as a project between good friends Paulo Gonçalves, Miguel Silva and Pedro Matos to explore the nontraditional sounds of the music throughout the world using the Portuguese guitar. We played a single show using sounds of Fado and Stevie Wonder. To our surprise, there was a full house and people loved the sounds. We continue our journey fusing different sounds of the world together ...
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by Ana Francisca Gonçalves Pereira
Jazz reinvents itself every day, in any way, like a chameleon transforms Itself to match its surroundings. It is thanks to this ability that jazz's place in the world has been firmly cemented; from a musical point of view, there seem to be no physical or spiritual boundaries to what musicians can arrange with this ever-evolving genre, even if that means going against convention or even breaking with tradition.It comes as no surprise, then, that more ...
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Fado em Si Bemol
A delicious cocktail of Portuguese music pained with the sounds of the world, adding the magical flavor of the Portuguese guitar. Come Taste and Enjoy! Fado em Si Bemol are back and bring with them a bag of goodies in their latest work, qb". One record, sweet and sober, clear and sophisticated, the purest and more world music. At this reunion filled with distinguished guests, new versions of themes well known to the general public are the main course at ...
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Fado Em Si Bemol Release Of “qb”
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Fado em Si Bemol
A declious cocktail of Portuguese music pained with the sounds of the world, adding the magical flavor of the Portuguese guitar. Come Taste and Enjoy! Fado em Si Bemol are back and bring with them a bag of goodies in their latest work, qb". One record, sweet and sober, clear and sophisticated, the purest and more world music. At this reunion filled with distinguished guests, new versions of themes well known to the general public are the main course at ...
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Portugal’s Fado Em Si Bemol Return With Sizzling New Release
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Harry Watters
Portugal’s Fado em Si Bemol is among the country’s most electrifying jazz acts. Part of what makes the group so appealing to audiences is the infectious and brightly lit way they are able to unite different musical styles. On the surface, Fado em Si Bemol fuse together jazz and world music; beneath that, the band is an amalgam of various global influences, sewn effortlessly by the distinct flavors of the Portuguese guitar. Quite popular in Europe, the band is starting ...
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~Marc Myers, Jazzwax
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Intimate, sophisticated, charming, with a variety of fine melodies. This Portuguese acoustic quintet covers pieces from Gilberto, Gil to Chick Corea, with an infectious, understated passion. Three songs by the band's vocalist Pedro Matos.
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