From the very first beat on this efficiency, it is clear we’re being transported to a different time and area with Marta Pereira da Costa’s enchanting time behind the Tiny Desk.
Thought of to be the primary and solely girl to professionally grasp the standard Portuguese guitar utilized in fado music, Pereira da Costa caught my consideration in a crowded bar in Austin, Texas in 2019 throughout South by Southwest. Actually, with echoes of Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson’s expertise with Laura Gibson that gave start to the Tiny Desk live performance, I additionally needed to listen to Pereira da Costa’s melodic fingerpicking prowess with out the noisy crowd.
Accompanied by second guitarist João José Pita Junior and percussionist Pedro Segundo, the trio bridges centuries of historical past with immaculate taking part in and loads of smiles. As Pereira da Costa states in between songs, the complete efficiency is a musical journey via her homeland, from land to sea and every thing in between.
Fado has achieved worldwide recognition outdoors of Portugal among the many musically curious, and I often affiliate it with quite a lot of famend vocalists. However Pereira da Costa reminds us to concentrate to the accompanists and their devices for a deeper appreciation of custom and music made within the second.
SET LIST
- “Terra”
- “Movimento”
- “Encontro”
- “Minha Alma”
- “Dia de Feira”
MUSICIANS
- Marta Pereira da Costa: guitar
- João José Pita Junior: guitar
- Pedro Segundo: percussion
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Felix Contreras
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
- Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern
- Audio Assistant: Neil Tevault
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Michael Zamora
- Tiny Desk Workforce: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills, Kara Body
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
