Moods, Zurich

An unmistakable, expressive voice and expansive music based on fado: this is "Fado Camões", the album by Portuguese singer and composer LINA_ released in spring 2024. "Fado Camões" are unique compositions whose lyrics come from the classic poetry of Portugal's most famous historical poet, Luís Vaz de Camões. "I became curious, I wanted to know more, beyond the 'Lusíadas' or the 'Sonetos'," explains LINA_, "and I discovered that his themes - change, childhood, love, heartbreak or the description of nature - fit into the context of fado and its metrics."

The simple elegance of the recent past is still there, but now LINA_ gives it a new space in which the voice stands out amidst a silence of guitar and violin. It's about language, writing, poetry and the structure of Camões' poems, combined with the expression and world-weariness of fado.