Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Stockholm Lisboa Project - Aurora (2012)

Stockholm Lisboa Project is releasing their third full-length album, Aurora. Stockholm Lisboa Project works according to their own slogan "fado, polska and beyond". They blend traditional and contemporary music from Sweden and Portugal. Sometimes they combine the music from their countries in the same song. The Swedish polska and Nordic melancholy meets passionate fado and folk songs from Portugal. The text is often about broken love, longing for friends who sailed on the Atlantic and dreams about the future. New member of the Stockholm Lisboa Project since 2011 is the Portuguese singer Micaela Vaz. Her warm alto voice brings a timbre that strikes the listeners. 

Since the international breakthrough with their last album Diagonal (2009), they are today one of the most booked folk/world music groups in Sweden. Their international recognitions include among others the German Record Critics' Award, Die Schallplatte Kritik