"We expect fado to depict the tragedy of human life: the suffering, the melancholy, the impotence we feel when faced with fate. The long tradition of fado has provided several ‘formulas’ for voicing these emotions. The constant repetition is wearing down this wealth of expressive forms. Inevitably, this leads to emotional exploitation, to vocalists smothering their emotions in words.Cristina Branco has a different approach.Without resorting t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
hushed connectionsThe first episode from a collection of poetry named Hushed Connections (title inspired from the novel The Golden Bowl by Henry James) , structured in four sections: Soledades, Prince Hamlet's Quatrains, Road to Heaven, Epilogue.(the background of the image is a painting of Kasimir Malevich - Square on White Background)click on the arrow below to listen or click here to download the podcastpowered by ODEO Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website