Mariza

Following on the (music) topic, please write it down in your agendas: Mariza is singing in Berkeley this year at the Zellerbach Hall B, on Fri Oct 21, 8 pm. Even though this wasn't confirmed officially, it seems that she changed the venue from Oakland (where she sung last year) to Berkeley, as a thank you to the Tuga community living in Berkeley and that cheered her during last year's concert. :)

The Cal Performances website on Mariza: "The emotional cousin of the blues, tango, and flamenco, Portugal's fado music fuses seemingly incompatible worlds: impossible pain and fervent joy, life's cruelty and love's intensity. With her debut recording Fado Em Mim, Mariza—a Mozambique-born beauty of Portuguese, Spanish, German, African, and Indian descent—was immediately hailed as the heir of fadista legend Amália Rodrigues. Mariza walks the fine line necessary to communicate fado's genuine traditions while imbuing them with modern freshness, and her performances capture the raw emotion that characterizes this classic music. "Her voice is a gorgeous, evocative instrument, and she sings with bravura and power," says Billboard." (www.calperfs.berkeley.edu)

She also has her own website: http://www.mariza-online.net.