PRINCE spotted at Ana Moura's Le Cigale concert!

Pop star Prince made an appearance at fado singer Ana Moura's concert at Le Cigale in Paris! Click image to see article (in Portuguese):

#2 in KCRW Tom Schnabel's Top 10 CDs of 2008!

Ana Moura's Para Alem da Saudade is #2 on KCRW's Tom Schnabel's Top 10 Albums of 2008!

Three Shows @ Jazz Standard with Rolling Stones Project II

Ana Moura performs three special concerts this week with The Rolling Stones Project II at Jazz Standard in New York. The dates are 10/28-10/30, with two performances each night, one at 7:30pm and one at 9:30pm. Tickets and further info available here:

Ana Moura on All About Jazz w/ The Stones Project II

Award-Winning Jazz Saxophonist Tim Ries Releases "Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II"

Saxophonist/composer Tim Ries an extraordinary jazz musician and member of the Rolling Stones touring band since 1999 translates the Stones immortal songbook into …

Ana Moura on Radio E Televisao de Portugal

Watch an interview (in Portuguese) with Ana Moura on Radio E Televisao de Portugal here!

IOL Diário feature!

Voz de Ana Moura encheu o Coliseu
Cantora teve uma actuação irrepreensível, num concerto cheio de surpresas

Ana Moura teve uma estreia brilhante no Coliseu dos Recreios. A mítica sala de espectáculos encheu-se de público para ouvir cantar o fado.

As …

4 Star Review in the Montreal Gazette

Capsule CD Reviews

"Love may be waiting somewhere beyond mere longing, and Portuguese crooner Ana Moura does the Fado genre justice by giving despair a sad but hopeful voice." **** - Charlie Fidelman

Ana Moura on NPR's Morning Edition!

Ana Moura's "O Fado da Procura" is a featured track on NPR's fado-themed Morning Edition today.

Portuguese Fado and a Few Dirty Tables
By Jerome Socolovsky

Fado Today
Ana Moura: 'O Fado da Procura' (2007)
[1 min 44 sec] add

Morning Edition, June 23, 2008 …

Westside Connect reviews Ana Moura's shows in Modesto

"ANA MOURA AND THE NEW FADO WERE SENSATIONAL. Portuguese fado is loved and admired by Portuguese descendants in the Central Valley, and when Ana Moura, the 28-year-old fado singer came to Modesto last Saturday during her U.S. tour, Portuguese and West Siders flocked to …

Watch a Video of Ana Moura's Performance on KCRW!

On Sunday 4/13, Ana Moura's live performance on KCRW's Cafe L.A.

aired at 2pm.

Watch the clip here courtesy of KCRW:

http://www. kcrw. com/music/programs/cl/cl080413ana_moura

KCRW's Praise & San Luis Obispo.com Feature

KCRW's Music News Blog on Vox posted this comment about Cafe L.A.'s Tom Schnabel and Ana Moura's "stunning" Temple Bar performance Tuesday night:

"Tom Schnabel tells me Ana Moura's performance at Temple Bar last night was one of the best performances he has ever seen …

L.A. Times feature for Temple Bar: "Ana Moura finds her calling"

Fado singer Ana Moura finds her calling

Portuguese chanteuse will perform tonight in Santa Monica.
By Elijah Wald, Special to The Times
April 8, 2008

As a teenager in the Portuguese province of Ribatejo, northeast of Lisbon, Ana Moura sang with a local bar …

Global Rhythm live review "ended with a round of thunderous applause"

Ernest Barteldes of Global Rhythm praises Ana Moura's performance at Peter Norton Symphony Space:

"She sang with great emotion, relating her affair with fado and how it slowly crept into her heart, making her one of its interpreters.

One of the concert's …

New York Times live review "Sorrow in Seductive Adornment"

Jon Pareles of the New York Times praises Ana Moura's performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space last Friday:

"Sorrow wrapped in guitar filigree, elegant romance with a tragic undercurrent -- that's the tradition of Portuguese fado that Ana Moura joins. At …

Live on KCRW's Cafe LA, April 13th!

Currently on tour in the U.S., Ana Moura will be performing live on KCRW 's Cafe L.A. with Tom Schnabel. The performance will air on Sunday April 13th, the week of Ana Moura's Los Angeles show at the Temple Bar (4/8).

"Portuguese diva Ana Moura is one of a new …

More Critics' Praise for "Para Alem da Saudade"

Para Alem da Saudade included in The Beat Magazine's Best of 2007, "The Experts Pick".

"Para Além da Saudade is an emotional work, skin-deep, one that will make you shiver. Performed with such a special tenderness that, when you listen, you can feel how it flows …

5 Star Amazon Reviews for "Para Alem da Saudade"!

Amazon's "Off the Vine" reviews for Ana Moura's Para Alem da Saudade are fantastic! Read them in full here.

"Mellow enough to be wonderful as a background for a romantic dinner or for a curling up with a good book, and gorgeous enough to listen to without any …

Palm Beach New Times reviews "Para Alem da Saudade"

Ernest Barteldes of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times writes:

"Ana Moura's fourth release, Para Além da Saudade, ...showcases why she's a key figure in the fado revival that's sweeping her native land. In a voice that's rich and fluid, she sings about the streets of …

"O Fado da Procuro" Video Post on A-Trompa Blog

Popular Portuguese blog A-trompa has posted Ana Moura's video for the delightful "O Fado da Procura".

"Para Alem da Saudade" Review in Audiophile Audition

Ana Moura: Para Alem Da Saudade - Ana Moura, vocals; Custodio Castelo, Portuguese guitar; Jorge Fernando, guitar; Filipe Larsen, bass - World Village

Ana Moura and her supporting musicians offer compelling presentations of songs that deal with love and loss, and of …