With his earthy songs, honeyed tones and sensitive interpretation, Zambujo has emerged as one of the best modern fado artists. According to Le Figero, he has “The most beautiful male voice of fado today.” One night at a Zambujo’s concert a female audience member was overheard to say “If boys could express themselves like that, how easily we would be won over!”
Fado, the legendary Portuguese tradition that evolved in the port cities in the early 19th century, has a place on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. Unlike rural forms of folk music where a single culture is often responsible for the evolution of the genre, fado is an urban folk music, originating in the port city of Lisbon, where many cultures met and merged over centuries.
The expression of fado is beautiful and melancholy, characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often infused with a characteristic sentiment of resignation, fatefulness and melancholia or saudade—a Portuguese word meaning longing for something that is eternally lost and will never come back. Fado combines elements of Portuguese country folk music with Moorish and African influences, among others.
António Zambujo will perform on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are priced at $19-$29; Premium $39; Students with ID $12. Tickets are available online at harriscenter.net or from Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.
Blog Post information and picture courtesy of Harris Center for the Arts.
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