travelingtreefrog.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Another year that against all odds I have managed to survive without killing or maiming myself beyond any recognition. It’s not been without lack of trying. Stuart bought me a lovely black pearl ring when he was in China which I can’t put on because I managed to burn the ring finger of my right [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
in post Sunday Spotlight - Alyssa Graham from Mainstream isn't so bad...is it? .
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal Day 1| I began my journey through Lisbon by tram. Spent day to tour in tram 28 (Martim Moniz-Campo de Ourique). I bought a daily pass (www.carris.pt) so I can explore all by myself and to treat myself to some astonishing places and sights. Some places in Lisbon that you have to visit: S. Vicente de Fora, take a look...
Dublin Opinion (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Continuing on from some of the stuff I picked up in the charity shop, here’s four songs from the Portugese queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues. From her wikipedia entry:- Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, official documents give her date of [...]
The Cranky Professor (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan - A Decade of Steely Dan, 1985 Departure Bay - Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room, 2004 Heaven - The Psychedelic Furs - All of This and Nothing, 1988...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Film News: Film is biography of fado legend -- Portuguese production-distribution-sales house VC Filmes has plunged into its first feature, “Amalia,” a bio of fado legend Amalia Rodrigues.
Gatochy's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Amália was a genius Fado singer, and you don't have to dig Fado to appreciate what she can do with this song. Mouraria is the name of an old neighbourhood in Lisbon, traditionally inhabited by low income families and fado joints. But that's just the background for a love story. This song is very famous. Thanks to mitqam for uploading this! Ai Mouraria Da velha rua da Palma Onde eu um...
kalebeul (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Não é desgraça ser pobre, there ain't no shame in being poor, and sometimes it's better only being able to afford one tranny hooker. By Amália Rodrigues, who I only discovered the other day.
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
SPECIAL EDITION Jazz Rāhoroi | The Saturday Jazz show Romance Languages It's not all strictly jazz, as usual. Amália Rodrigues Portuguese. A typically, superbly wrought performance by Rodrigues. A lot of her You Tube clips cannot be embedded, so more in the drop box . I find her very easy to listen to. Los Rockin Devil's Spanish. Mexico (I take it). OK so it's more for...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
It's been years since Madredeus and its singer Teresa Salgueiro made it big with the success of Wim Wenders' film Lisbon Story. Since then, she's come a long way, reaching star status outside of Portugal and gaining a huge international audience. By any measure she is a superb chanteuse, a wonderful interpreter of songs who can evoke a myriad of images with her marvelous voice...
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Portuguese fado is undergoing something of a revival, with singers like Mariza leading the way. The queen of fado, though, was Amalia Rodrigues. Here she is in 1961: It's that quiver in the voice... More here. One of her best...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 02/03/2008
The New Beginning links to the above video of Chiaki Naomi singing a song by the great Amália Rodrigues .
