Recalling Celina da Piedade's presence on the last edition of FMM- World Music Festival (Sines, Portugal) with the song "Calimero e a Pêra Verde". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_f_MDCzRGg   full concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr_aLp9UzZw more

A world accordionist Celina da Piedade, 35, is an accordionist, singer and composer. The daughter of an Algarvean father, she started to study music at 5 years of age, and shortly afterwards gave public performances. In the year 2000 she started to play with Rodrigo Leão, who opened the doors to the world of music. She played and composed... more

Not realising this was a double album I put the second CD on first, and it's as impressive opening - deep hand-drumming and bell-chimes leading into a forming the sole accompaniment to Celina da Piedade's calm, (on this track) fado-like, vocal. This isn't in any way a fado album though; she's noted button-accordionist from southern Portugal, dee... more