Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mão

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Portuguese starlet Ana Moura sings with a casual confidence on Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand, which beautifully showcases the traditional fado style of her homeland. It's all the more startling when you realize that Moura is only 25 years old, and this is her debut disc. Moura got her start singing in Portuguese clubs and at parties. Soon enough, she was discovered by Jorge Fernando, an accomplished composer, producer and guitarist in his own right. Under his tutelage, Moura blossoms beautifully on Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand, which captures a soothing blend of rehearsed vocal, improvisation and instrumentation. Moura's velvety voice and the subdued production work bleed into each other, and it makes the album an alluring, hypnotic adventure. Particularly enthralling is "Sou do Fado, Sou Fadista," the album's emotional centerpiece, which finds Moura singing about her passion for the traditional fado style. Her work is genuine and heartfelt, and Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand signals the arrival of an exciting new talent on the world music scene. --Joey Guerra

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Average customer rating: Great singer! Wow! Anna Moura just listen to a few tracks! Lovely modern Portuguese ballads

Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mão Ana Moura Manufacturer: World Village ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Aconteceu Dança Ma Mi: Dance With Me Fado Em Mim Ulisses Encantamento ASIN: B0007GP6ME Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. Guarda-Me a Vida Na M(Keep My Life in Your Hand) [Fado Carriche]
2. Desculpa (Forgive Me) [Seria Quase Voz]
3. Nasci P'ra Ser Ignorante (I Was Born to Be Ignorant)
4. Sou Do Fado, Sou Fadista (I Belong to Fado, I'm a Fadista)
5. Vou Dar de Beber Dor (I'll Offer Pain a Drink)
6. Preso Entre O Sono E O Sonho (Caught Between Sleep and Dreams)
7. NHesitava Um Segundo (I Wouldn't Hesitate for a Moment)
8. Porque Teimas Nesta Dor (Why Do You Insist on This Pain)
9. Meu Triste, Triste Amor (My Sad, Sad Love)
10. Endeixa (Elegy)
11. Quem Vai Ao Fado (Whoever Goes to Fado)
12. Flor de Lua (Moon Flower)
13. Guitarra (Guitar)
14. Vezes (Sometimes)
15. Lavara No Rio Lavava (I Went to the River to Wash)

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Portuguese starlet Ana Moura sings with a casual confidence on Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand, which beautifully showcases the traditional fado style of her homeland. It's all the more startling when you realize that Moura is only 25 years old, and this is her debut disc. Moura got her start singing in Portuguese clubs and at parties. Soon enough, she was discovered by Jorge Fernando, an accomplished composer, producer and guitarist in his own right. Under his tutelage, Moura blossoms beautifully on Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand, which captures a soothing blend of rehearsed vocal, improvisation and instrumentation. Moura's velvety voice and the subdued production work bleed into each other, and it makes the album an alluring, hypnotic adventure. Particularly enthralling is "Sou do Fado, Sou Fadista," the album's emotional centerpiece, which finds Moura singing about her passion for the traditional fado style. Her work is genuine and heartfelt, and Guarda-Me a Vida Na Mao: Keep My Life in Your Hand signals the arrival of an exciting new talent on the world music scene. --Joey Guerra

Customer Reviews:

Great singer!.......2007-06-27

Behind this work, there is a guitar player, song writer and producer Jorge Fernando, this is the reason of this great cd, She is beautiful, sensual, her voice is simply great.

Wow!.......2006-10-01

Ana Moura sings wonderfully - and with a passion that fits the beauty of the Portuguese lyrics. I am right now listening to "Sou do fado, sou fadista" - one of my favorite songs on any album - and no matter how many times I come back to this recording, it always moves me. This is music that is beautifully arranged, and performed with great feeling.

Anna Moura.......2006-03-02

Portuguese Fado has an irresitble mingling of passion and loss. We are told that it has waned in popularity and its great artists have become relics. Just listen to this fine young woman trace a sampling of its styles, its flavors on this remarkable CD, and you'll hope for it to stay - as it sounds - forever.

just listen to a few tracks!.......2005-10-02

There's not a bad track here. And though Ana Moura is strictly classified as a fado musician, there's quite a range here, from the mournful ballads (e.g. tracks 4) to some upbeat and danceable tracks (e.g. track 5). The common thread is a singer with a remarkably controlled voice (compared to other singers, if not fadistas) and beautiful guitar melodies.

Not sure how to articulate this, but you can always identify sincerity in a voice, a real connection to the music- the lead guitar hitting the notes just hard enough, vocalist singing just loud enough, etc. I hear that here.

I've often heard it said that Portuguese is the most beautiful languages in the world, and I'd have to agree. And while I've always been hesitant to learn Portuguese because I was afraid that the lyrics wouldn't hold up, the liner notes include the English language translations to these traditional fados... you won't be disappointed.

Lovely modern Portuguese ballads.......2005-02-24

A beautiful, melodic set of modern Portuguese fados. Vocalist Moura takes a much softer approach to the music than the traditional, keening style popularized by Amalia Rodrigues and her generation of fadistas. She's no less passionate, however, and this is quite a lovely album... Recommended!

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