Maria Digital FLAC Album exclusive

Maria Digital FLAC Album exclusiveMaria is Portuguese fado singer Carminho's most personal album. Its title is her given first name and a name in Portugal that's both traditional and a popular choice among contemporary young parents, as fado is both part of a tradition and belongs to today's world. Carminho, who wrote many of the lyrics and songs and produced the record herself, for the first time, considers it a dialogue between herself and two fado singers who blazed a trail for

It captures their acoustic performance of songs by Brazil's beloved samba-ist Angenor de Oliveira ("Cartola")

and Matheiu Amalric

includes 16 tunes

" says Stereogum

" the year's Best Movie Score

and banjojoined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bassthey recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee

recorded in New York City's famed Ed Sullivan Theater

They “may take their cues from 1920s string- and jug-band music

The Boston Herald says: "Metheny’s thoughtful

as fado is both part of a tradition and belongs to today's world

The <em>New York Times</em> calls it "dreamy

Ricardo Dias Gomes on bass and Rhodes piano