Raquel Tavares
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Raquel Tavares, 2008 | |
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| Born | January 11, 1985 |
| Origin | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| Genres | Fado |
| Occupation(s) | Fado singer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Raquel Tavares (born January 11, 1985) is a singer of Fado.[1] She was born in Lisbon. She had a normal route on her education, but finally decided she could not leave music behind.[1]
Career
Tavares won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal: “Grande Noite do Fado”.[1]
She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon, and has made shows all around Europe, in cities like Paris, Rome or Madrid.[1]
Raquel sings what she sees, feels and smells around her, what she lives from day to day. And nothing suits her purposes better than the tangible, real-life stories written by Linhares Barbosa, the fado poet who best told the tales of the people.[1]
Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.[1]
Her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008.[1]
She has been named one of the most representative fado singers of the new generation and no longer just a promising voice.[1]
Curiosities
In 2004, Raquel played a small part, as a Fado singer, in Mário Barroso's film "O Milagre Segundo Salomé" ("The Miracle According to Salomé").[2]
She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago. They took the 8th place.[1]
Discography
Albums
External links
- [She has a page on MySpace]
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