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  • Country / Portugal
  • Time Span / 1937 – 2017

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Influenced By (2)

Amália Rodrigues, Alfredo Marceneiro

Genres

Folk, World, & Country

Styles

Fado

João Ferreira-Rosa

João Manuel Soares Ferreira-Rosa (16 February 1937 – 24 September 2017) was a Portuguese Fado singer and lyricist. Although he considered himself an amateur, saying "I only sing when I feel like it", he is considered a "central figure in the universe of traditional Fado". The most emblematic song in his repertoire is Fado do Embuçado, a poem by Gabriel de Oliveira sung to the music of Fado Tradição, a traditional fado by Alcídia Rodrigues. Continue reading on Wikipedia

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