'Transparente' The New Album From MARIZA

Europe release : 25 April 2005
USA release: 9 August 2005

In a few short years, MARIZA has established herself as the new face of Portuguese Fado, seducing audiences worldwide with her awesome singing, charismatic stage presence and powerful blend of traditional and contemporary song forms.

Following on from her internationally acclaimed albums ‘Fado Em Mim’ and ‘Fado Curvo’, both released in North America on Times Square Records, Mariza releases her much anticipated, third CD ‘Transparente’ on 25 April in Europe, and on 9 August in the USA. Recorded in Brazil with the musician and producer Jaques Morelenbaum, its subtle arrangements create a breathtaking sound palette over which Mariza’s stunning voice weaves and casts its spell. (Morelenbaum is a byword in the world of music, having produced the albums ‘Livro’ by Caetano Veloso, the winner of the 1999 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, and ‘António Brasileiro’ by Tom Jobim.) The insight and restraint of the production and the playing of the accompanying musicians enhances and deepens the fado experience, bringing new sonic surprises to the fado tradition rather than transplanting the singer into other musical forms. The vocals interplay with such instruments as flute, cello and accordion as well as the Portuguese guitar that has added its distinct notes to all of Mariza’s albums. Here the old touches the new in a creative, positive and exciting direction.

Mariza will be touring internationally in support of the new album and will launch her album with a spectacular concert in her native Portugal at Olga Cadaval, Sintra (a beautiful Portuguese resort town, just outside of Lisbon), on Friday, April 22nd. Mariza will make her Carnegie Hall debut on October 7, 2005 during her extensive fall tour of the USA.

 

“her voice is a gorgeous evocative instrument, and she sings with bravura and power….the world has met its next great Portuguese ‘fadista’.”
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

“ a stunning performance ….fully in command of a rich array of vocal timbres and a subtle sense of timing.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Mariza makes melancholy feel so luxurious that you won’t want a cure.”
TIME OUT-NEW YORK

“You have to see MARIZA perform to understand how physical her art really is.”
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – CANADA

“Mariza has it all – charisma, a voice to die for and stunning looks…destined to become one of the world’s great divas”
THE TIMES

“When Mariza sings, time stands still. Every word is sung with intense concentration, every note hit flawlessly. When she pauses for dramatic effect,
we are all with her, caught in her trap”
CHARLIE GILLETT – BBC RADIO - UK