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Ramana Vieira at Freight & Salvage
Courtesy of Vibe Master | Posted on July 6, 2013
Where
Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
Map
(510) 644-2020
When
Sat, July 13, 2013
8:00 pm, Doors 7:00 pm
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Musicians
About
Ramana Vieira sings Fado like it’s never been sung before. Mundo Portuguese Magazine has called her “the new voice of Portuguese world music.” The San Francisco Chronicle says that “no one in the United States is doing more to breathe new life into Fado.” According to the New York Times, “the conservatory-trained singer Ramana Vieira adds a New Age sensibility and instrumentation to the music with cello and drums.” Fado means fate, and you can think of Fado as the Portuguese version of the blues, a heartfelt, haunting music full of despair and lost love. Ramana and her virtuoso ensemble play classics and originals, digging deep into traditional Fado and transforming it into something utterly current....