Time: 38:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Traditional Fado, World
Art: Front
01. Meu Amor Sem Direcçao (4:05)
02. Fado Da Contradiçao (2:14)
03. So Um Beijo (2:59)
04. Um Carnaval (2:35)
05. Leva-me Contigo (3:16)
06. Se Eu Te Pudesse Dizer (2:26)
07. Veio A Saudade (3:36)
08. Ao Deus Dara (4:21)
09. Sem Querer (2:22)
10. O Fado Em Nos (2:27)
11. Mas Falta Escrever Na Lua (2:25)
12. Apenas Uma Historia (2:16)
13. Se Me Dao A Solidao (3:23)
It is said that “birds of a feather flock together”, and it is understandable this popular phrase would be applied to Pedro Moutinho. After all, this remarkable singer comes from what is probably the first family of contemporary Portuguese Fado. His brothers are Camané, the singer whose impeccable career has become the standard by which all others are judged; and Hélder Moutinho, singer, lyricist, producer, one of the most versatile and admired of all current Fado singers.
By now, however, Pedro Moutinho has enough of a career of his own that it is unfair to compare him to his brothers. Three studio albums into his career and with one Amália Award under his belt, Pedro has already proved he is blazing his own path, his own way.
Of course, there are points in common. The passion for Fado, the national melancholy song that Pedro has been singing since he was 11; the perfectionism, the rigorous presence, giving constantly all of himself in each show or recording. But Pedro has his own sensibility, and his voice and intensity have carved a specific, and well-deserved, niche for him in the current panorama of Fado.
His first album, “Primeiro Fado”, was released ten years ago, in 2003, and each new release has brought him higher and farther than the previous. The second album, 2006's “Encontro”, marked his encounter with the perfect producer to help him shape his path: Carlos Manuel Proença, one of the most acclaimed accompanists of modern Fado. The third album, in 2009, was “Um Copo de Sol”, his most successful to date, both with the public and the critics. In 2011 he released “Lisboa Mora Aqui”, a compilation of material from the three albums with a few new songs tantalizingly sugesting what would come next.
What has come next is his fourth studio album, released this July in Portugal, and his Parlophone Music debut. “O Amor Não Pode Esperar” was again produced by Carlos Manuel Proença and shows a singer gaining in confidence and determination.
As in previous albums, the new record shows his respect for the heritage of Fado: he has asked contemporary lyricists such as Aldina Duarte, Manuela de Freitas or Tiago Torres da Silva to write new words for the traditional Fado melodies that are the history and memory of the genre. But Pedro is also introducing his own tangents to the genre, by recording either new material or cover versions usually not connected to Fado.
Acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Amélia Muge has contributed two new songs, one of them the single “Rua da Esperança”. And the choice of covers goes from the singer-songwriter stylings of Portuguese veteran Fausto Bordalo Dias' “Eu Tenho um Fraquinho por Ti” to Brazilian Marcos Valle's “Preciso Aprender a Ser Só”, a 1960s bossa nova classic recorded previously by Elis Regina among many others.
And yet, the end result is unmistakably Fado, unmistakably Portuguese, unmistakably Pedro Moutinho. Thanks to that remarkable voice that is no longer confused with any of his brothers. Pedro is no longer just another Moutinho sibling, but Pedro Moutinho, one of the great contemporary Fado singers. “O Amor Não Pode Esperar” is his best record... yet. The sky is the limit.
By now, however, Pedro Moutinho has enough of a career of his own that it is unfair to compare him to his brothers. Three studio albums into his career and with one Amália Award under his belt, Pedro has already proved he is blazing his own path, his own way.
Of course, there are points in common. The passion for Fado, the national melancholy song that Pedro has been singing since he was 11; the perfectionism, the rigorous presence, giving constantly all of himself in each show or recording. But Pedro has his own sensibility, and his voice and intensity have carved a specific, and well-deserved, niche for him in the current panorama of Fado.
His first album, “Primeiro Fado”, was released ten years ago, in 2003, and each new release has brought him higher and farther than the previous. The second album, 2006's “Encontro”, marked his encounter with the perfect producer to help him shape his path: Carlos Manuel Proença, one of the most acclaimed accompanists of modern Fado. The third album, in 2009, was “Um Copo de Sol”, his most successful to date, both with the public and the critics. In 2011 he released “Lisboa Mora Aqui”, a compilation of material from the three albums with a few new songs tantalizingly sugesting what would come next.
What has come next is his fourth studio album, released this July in Portugal, and his Parlophone Music debut. “O Amor Não Pode Esperar” was again produced by Carlos Manuel Proença and shows a singer gaining in confidence and determination.
As in previous albums, the new record shows his respect for the heritage of Fado: he has asked contemporary lyricists such as Aldina Duarte, Manuela de Freitas or Tiago Torres da Silva to write new words for the traditional Fado melodies that are the history and memory of the genre. But Pedro is also introducing his own tangents to the genre, by recording either new material or cover versions usually not connected to Fado.
Acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Amélia Muge has contributed two new songs, one of them the single “Rua da Esperança”. And the choice of covers goes from the singer-songwriter stylings of Portuguese veteran Fausto Bordalo Dias' “Eu Tenho um Fraquinho por Ti” to Brazilian Marcos Valle's “Preciso Aprender a Ser Só”, a 1960s bossa nova classic recorded previously by Elis Regina among many others.
And yet, the end result is unmistakably Fado, unmistakably Portuguese, unmistakably Pedro Moutinho. Thanks to that remarkable voice that is no longer confused with any of his brothers. Pedro is no longer just another Moutinho sibling, but Pedro Moutinho, one of the great contemporary Fado singers. “O Amor Não Pode Esperar” is his best record... yet. The sky is the limit.
O Fado Em Nos
