The New light for Fado

It must be that the queijo is part of our way of singing and narrating. The reality is that the depth of fado singing has a loyal audience in Spain. Today, Carminho is the contemporary version of those exemplary voices of saudade from our neighbouring country that have always fascinated us. In the case of the fado singer from Lisbon who takes the stage at the Teatro de la Maestranza, her songs are part of the repertory of our Rosalía, on whose most recent CD Carminho participates. Both artists have something essential in common: a desire to broaden the frontier of their musical origins without severing the roots which sustain them.

Daughter of the famous fado singer Teresa Siqueira, Maria do Carmo de Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade (her complete name) has taken the fado further than the Caixa Alfama Festival, where she first performed at age 15. Landmark moments include topping the Spanish charts for her first collaboration with Pablo Alborán and a Globo de Oro prize in 2017 for her tribute to Tom Jobim. She was nominated for an Oscar in 2023 as part of the band of the soundtrack of Poor Things (directed by Yorgos Lanthinos), Eu vou morrer de amor ou resistir is her most recent album. Don’t resist it!