Thursday, November 22, 2012

Foreign Fadistas

One of the wonderful side effect of having fadonovato.com is the many wonderful fadistas around the world that reach out to us. Here are a handful of correspondences and some links to their work.


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Ramana Vieirab (California)


"Loved your postings and what you are doing with Fado. Thank you for finding us on twitter.
We have been in California, doing a very similar path as yours we are down the road by ten years.
WE are so thrilled that we are not alone in our passion for Fado and being Americans!

I am luso-americana both my parents are from Madeira, Portugal. I would love to have you like our ensemble

Ramana Vieira and Ensemble----

much obrigada e abracos and Fado!"



http://www.ramanavieira.net/
http://www.facebook.com/RamanaVieiraAndEnsemble
http://www.twitter.com/ramanavieira

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Karolina Narazińska (Katowice, Poland)


"...but at some point I fell in love with fado, and I am now at the stage of research notes Fadosongs."

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Núria Piferrer (Barcelona, Spain)

"My stage name is Névoa and I am from Barcelona (Spain). Although I am not portuguese, I am devoted to fado for more than decade. My first album "Fados i fades" was released in 2000 and, until this day, I have four other albums and a DVD, all of them about fado. There are other non portuguese fadistas around the world. You should check.Maybe you are the first american fado formation. Congrats!"

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Miguel Á. Fernández Fdez. (Oviedo, Spain)

"Great to know from a fado band from the states!

I do a radio program at National Radio of Spain about fado, and I would be very grateful if you send me any of your CDs or compositions. We will broadcast it and talk about the fado passion at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean."

"I've been running radio programs about world music and fado since 1996. Now I run a radio program at the National Radio of Spain. It'll be a pleasure to listen and broadcast your music.
Follow us at facebook and in twitter @ElFadoenRadio5 ."

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Sorana Santos (London, England)

"Thank you so much for getting in touch with me via my blog. I love your resources page - I wish I had seen it when I was researching Fado!"

www.soranasantos.com

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Marcela Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

"Hi! Thanks for the following on Twitter. It's great to see how many of us - foreigners- love fado!"

And check this out! A whole productions of "Fado by Foreigners" with singers from Mexico, Italy, Spain and Cyprus.


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Stephanie Huffman (Lisbon, Portugal from Kansas City, MO)

"My brother who lives in Kansas City sent me the link to your Fado Novato website. Great project! I admire your dedication! Lovely music."