Grew on me through three listens. Initially, I thought it wasn't very fado on the front end, more Latin jazzy. My Love is like Barbara Streisand singing My Funny Valentine, only not the same words and in Portuguese. But this, and the piano accompanying her, doesn't negate the fact that it is fado at its roots. The comparison also is a commentary on her voice, which is marvelous.
The Portuguese guitar kicks in on the next track, Songs of the Mountain Women, and we are back in traditional fado territory. She makes fado of Shakespeare on If Thy Soul Check Thee, and darn good fado, too. By Sonnet Destroyed we're in proper, gut-wrenching fado mode. He Only Wanted is actually kind of hopeful.
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