Various Artists - Discover Fado with Arc MusicWhen the 'fadista' sings, a hush falls over the room Fado, Portugal's blues, can not only be described as a song; it represents a certain feeling which many people call the spirit of Portugal. These melancholic and often tragic songs, beautiful and touching, relate a general sense of frustration and a unique Portuguese fatalism. They express a feeling the Portuguese call saudade, an almost untranslatable word evoking longing, yearning and nostalgia.

from smooth Blues in the early 1950s

ALMA Records

I Wouldn't Mind Dying (D

Released by Shiloh Records in 1978

But perhaps mankind should have been more cautious of aliens bearing gifts

When Music Resounds

" said the speaker on TV

Some music lovers are familiar with Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne

we meet on location over twenty personalities who made the Liverpool scene the epicenter of the '60s cultural explosion

and Martin Novák (drums and percussions)

Michail Jurowski

Claire Désert and Michel Dalberto at the Conservatory of Paris (CNSMDP)