You gotta hand it to Naïve, they seem to uncover a beautiful female singer almost every month. This time, it's Brazilian bornAline de Lima, who probably got her first name thanks to a French singer who, at the time of her birth, had a hit that included the words "Et j'ai crié, crié, Aline." In 1988, she moved to Stockholm, and after that to Paris. Her album Arrebol is rich in Brazilian heritage, with bossa nova's and MPB references. It was produced by Vinicius Cantuaria, who got stringmeister Marc Ribot on board. All songs are in Portuguese, 'cept for one: Barbara's Septembre. A beautiful, understated rendition full of saudade.
The song after which Aline was named, is probably best known in the version of Adamo. It was translated to Portuguese, and here's a great, high-drama version by Agnaldo Timoteo.
Oops, made my old mistake again, but the mp3-links are now up & running!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI can't seem to download the Agnaldo Timoteo song (and also Marianne Dissard's Sans-Façon, but that might have expired, haven't visited for over a week).
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBTW, are you going to be winning the Maastricht popquiz again this year?
Christophes' version is by far the best known, mon cher ami!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAgnalo = okay now.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPopquiz? Could be, yes.
yes, "aline" was a HUGE hit in Brasil, in 1965, the original Christophe version. And 40 years are gone... Aline de Lima is 40 years old? ...probably not. just kidding... in true, aline is a common name here in brasil and timóteo's music and style considered just "bad taste".
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWell, she could be 40. I'm 37 and I look just as good :-D
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