Custodio Castelo discography. Custódio Castelo is the world's leading player of the Portuguese guitar, the instrument that helps give the country's fado music its poignant sing. But he's more than a great musician, he's also a remarkable composer, as this ...

Custodio Castelo music CDs. Though she's undoubtedly resigned to nearly eternal comparisons with Amalia Rodrigues, the master of Portugal's fado, Mariza's debut album finds her breaking out of the mold from the beginning. Newcomers to the fado will quickly become familiar with the style ...

Custodio Castelo songs. Cristina Branco might just be the best fado singer since the great Amalia Rodrigues, the woman who defined the genre. There's a subtlety to her voice that catches the emotions -- and fado, like blues or flamenco, is about feel ...

Custodio Castelo music CDs. Cristina Branco is at the modern forefront of the Portuguese fado genre, a kind of national variation on the blues, although it has more in common with Greek rembetika. The lyrics are poetry, the music soft. But it's all about ...

Custodio Castelo CD discography. First-time listeners to this Portuguese chanteuse may become so instantly infatuated with her beautiful, expressive voice and the plucky native guitar of Custódio Castelo that they may not truly care about the fado music traditions the two are carrying on ...

Custodio Castelo albums. Male Fado Singer From Portugal Recording information: Studio Pe De Vento, Portugal. Unknown Contributor Role: Tony Pinto. Personnel includes: Jorge Fernando (vocals, classical guitar); Toni Pinto (classical guitar); Custodio Castelo (Portreguese guitar); Manuel Rocha (violin); Ricardo Mateus (viola); Davide Zaccaria, Carlos Faria (cello); ...

Custodio Castelo discography. Cristina Branco's stature as the queen of new fado might have been eclipsed by the arrival of Mariza, but in ...

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