Deolinda
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Deolinda is a Portuguese
quartet band founded in 2006 when brothers Pedro da Silva Martins and Luis José Martins (formerly of the band 7-Headed Beast) invited their cousin, Ana Bacalhau, who was then singing with the band Lupanar, to sing four songs they had written. When they realized that her voice perfectly fit their songs they invited her to join them. They also invited José Pedro Leitão, the bass player with Lupanar and currently Ana Bacalhau's husband, to join them -- creating Deolinda.
The band's style is inspired by fado
but differs substantially from that traditional Portuguese genre. For instance, Deolinda does not use Portuguese guitar
as fado would dictate. Deolinda's songs and lyrics are not serious and fatalistic like classic fado: instead, they often use humor, irony and a fast, happy pace.
When performing live, members of Deolinda do not dress in black as traditional fado players do.
Their second album, "Dois Selos e Um Carimbo" (Two Stamps and a Seal), released in April 2010, hit the Portuguese charts at #1.
The song Parva que Sou premiered at four concerts in Lisbon and Porto in January 2011, even before it was released as a CD or video. The lyrics criticize modern Portugal as a place where young people earn university degrees but are unable to find meaningful employment. The song's catch line translates as "What a foolish world, where in order to be a slave, it's necessary to study". The title translates as "What a Fool I Am".
Parva que Sou gained immediate acclaim as an anthem of Portugal's economically dislocated young generation. Bootleg videos of the song's concert premier went viral on social networks which can be heard at the band's official website .
Dois selos e um carimbo (released in Portugal on 2010-04-26)
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
quartet band founded in 2006 when brothers Pedro da Silva Martins and Luis José Martins (formerly of the band 7-Headed Beast) invited their cousin, Ana Bacalhau, who was then singing with the band Lupanar, to sing four songs they had written. When they realized that her voice perfectly fit their songs they invited her to join them. They also invited José Pedro Leitão, the bass player with Lupanar and currently Ana Bacalhau's husband, to join them -- creating Deolinda.
The band's style is inspired by fado
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
but differs substantially from that traditional Portuguese genre. For instance, Deolinda does not use Portuguese guitar
Portuguese guitar
The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses comprising two strings each. It is one of the few musical instruments to use Preston tuners. It is most notably associated with fado.-History:The origin of the Portuguese...
as fado would dictate. Deolinda's songs and lyrics are not serious and fatalistic like classic fado: instead, they often use humor, irony and a fast, happy pace.
When performing live, members of Deolinda do not dress in black as traditional fado players do.
Their second album, "Dois Selos e Um Carimbo" (Two Stamps and a Seal), released in April 2010, hit the Portuguese charts at #1.
The song Parva que Sou premiered at four concerts in Lisbon and Porto in January 2011, even before it was released as a CD or video. The lyrics criticize modern Portugal as a place where young people earn university degrees but are unable to find meaningful employment. The song's catch line translates as "What a foolish world, where in order to be a slave, it's necessary to study". The title translates as "What a Fool I Am".
Parva que Sou gained immediate acclaim as an anthem of Portugal's economically dislocated young generation. Bootleg videos of the song's concert premier went viral on social networks which can be heard at the band's official website .
Lineup
The founding and current members of Deolinda are:- Ana Bacalhau (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Luís José Martins (classical guitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
, ukuleleUkuleleThe ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
, cavaquinhoCavaquinhoThe cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...
, guitaleleGuitaleleA guitalele is a guitar-ukulele hybrid, that is, "a 1/4 size" guitar, a cross between a classical guitar and a tenor ukulele. The guitalele combines the portability of a ukulele, due to its small size, with the six single strings and resultant chord possibilities of a classical guitar...
, viola braguesa and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Pedro da Silva Martins (compositionMusical compositionMusical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
, lyricsLyricsLyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
, classical guitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - José Pedro Leitão (double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
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Discography
Canção ao Lado (released in Portugal on 2008-04-21)- Mal Por Mal
- Fado Toninho
- Não Sei Falar De Amor
- Contado Ninguém Acredita
- Eu Tenho Um Melro
- Movimento Perpétuo Associativo
- O Fado Não É Mau
- Lisboa Não É A Cidade Perfeita
- Fon-Fon-Fon
- Fado Castigo
- Ai Rapaz
- Canção Ao Lado
- Garçonete Da Casa De Fado
- Clandestino
Dois selos e um carimbo (released in Portugal on 2010-04-26)
- Se Uma Onda Invertesse A Marcha
- Um Contra O Outro
- Não Tenho Mais Razões
- Passou Por Mim E Sorriu
- Sem Noção
- A Problemática Colocação De Um Mastro
- Ignaras Vedetas
- Quando Janto Em Restaurantes
- Entre Alvalade E As Portas De Benfica
- Canção Da Tal Guitarra
- Patinho De Borracha
- Há Dias Que Não São Dias
- Fado Notário
- Uma Ilha
Studio Albums
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Singles
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"Fado Toninho" | 18 | - | Canção ao Lado |
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"Um contra o Outro" | 22 | - | Dois Selos E Um Carimbo |