Oquestrada Discography of CDs

Oquestrada music CDs OQueStrada's debut CD aptly titled Tasca Beat (Tascas are akin to the tapas bars of Madrid, a watering hole where one can get food and chat with friends and family) is one of those CDs that you can play from one end to the other, without skipping a song. It's the best way to experience OqueStrada's cornucopia of sounds and rhythms, and to truly appreciate their music. It will sound intimately Portuguese, but at the same time you will notice rhythms most associated with Angola and Cape Verde, and you might unearth a ska track, a flamenco song in Spanish, and Miranda singing in Creole and French. Included below are two songs that capture the essence of OqueStrada beautifully. Oxali¡ te Veja and Se Esta Rua Fosse Minha are two passionate songs that will render you incapable of sitting still and will perhaps make you love the wonders of globalization and the clash of cultures. OueStrada: The band was born from the desire of Marta Miranda and Jean Marc Pablo - both coming from the world of entertainment, she as a theatre actress with experience in the hidden Fado houses and Cape Verdean taverns, where she began to sing, he coming from France with a suitcase full of experience in urban intervention and show design- to create a portable musical project with the shape of a small neighborhood orchestra ready to travel, where the personality and uniqueness of each individual is the main idea. Only when joined by Joi£o Lima and his Portuguese guitar the band could finally start searching for its style and sound. First came the name. OqueStrada is a portmanteau word coming from the juxtaposition between â€zorquestra" (orchestra) and â€zestrada" (road). At first, OqueStrada set its base at an old cinema in the city of Almada, a lookout for Lisbon on the other side of river Tagus. In this suburban reality, they tackled destiny and hit the road, building, year after year, their own circuit. They left in search of a country and went on building ...

Oquestrada discography Track Listing of songs: Abencoados; Oxala Te Veja; Va La; Se Esta Rua Fosse; Agarrem-me; Fado Skazito; Tourne En Rond; Creo; Organito; Eu E O Meu Pais; Killing Me Song; Kekfoi; Se Esta Rua Fosse; Qualquer Coisa Que Me Anima...;

Oquestrada CD discography Track Listing of songs: Oxalá Te Veja; 1,5h; 2.47; Courage; Yvan; Minute 4 7; Gelino; Fly Fly My Sadness; Es ist vollbracht! / It is fulfilled!; Madara;