★★★★★
Ana Moura is one of Portugal's finest fado singers, celebrated for her passionate style and her exploration of both traditional and so-called musical fado, in which a wider set of songs are treated to a fado setting; one of her best live songs is the Rolling Stones' No Expectations. Now she has cut her long black hair and travelled to Los Angeles to work with Larry Klein, former producer (and husband) of Joni Mitchell. The result is a pleasant if patchy set...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-04-08
★★★★★
Mick Jagger - who has recorded and sung on stage with Ana Moura - has described fado music as Portugal's version of the blues, though its overriding aura of tragedy is perhaps more akin to opera. If the great Amália Rodrigues was the undisputed fado queen, singing with a raw intensity every bit as dramatic as Édith Piaf or Maria Callas, her spiritual heir Mariza spectacularly introduced the Rodrigues legacy into the 2000s, texturing her crushing power with style and elegance...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-09-23
★★★★★
Ana Moura is a Portuguese fado artist who, like her contemporary Raquel Tavares, has collaborated extensively with songwriter and producer Jorge Fernando, producing work shaped equally by pop and fado traditions. (Fernando has released pop records under his own name, but was also a guitarist for fado's greatest star, Amália Rodrigues...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
The Portuguese musical tradition of fado, an unprompted and bending vocal ability, has always been one with rich rewards when done right. The style is often attempted by many but only mastered by few and usually, the percentage is seldom on the successful side. Luckily, when you're as talented as Ana Moura, a flexible singer who grew up listening to her mother sing the style and whose influences range as far back as Marvin Gaye then there can rest a great deal of confidence...
- www.adequacy.net
2010-06-18
★★★★★
In the years after the 1974 "Carnation Revolution" and the fall of the Salzar dictatorship in Portugal, traditional fado slowly lost its "official" taint. After the country settled into its new life, a new generation took up fado again, and Portuguese singers began to take the music out into the world. While all the rising fado stars have their own personalities, the gold standard has been music's preeminent diva, the late Amalia Rodrigues...
- www.globalrhythm.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
In the years after the 1974 "Carnation Revolution" and the fall of the Salzar dictatorship in Portugal, traditional fado slowly lost its "official" taint. After the country settled into its new life, a new generation took up fado again, and Portuguese singers began to take the music out into the world. While all the rising fado stars have their own personalities, the gold standard has been music's preeminent diva, the late Amalia Rodrigues...
- www.globalrhythm.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
A new generation of singers has revived fado within Portugal in recent years, and introduced the dark-blue genre to listeners around the world. The success of the revival has rested solidly on a handful of young singers, including Ana Moura. Moura has a lower voice than other rising stars, and she leans more toward quiet intimacy than high drama...
- www.globalrhythm.com
2009-06-12
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