Portugal news, weather and the 'Queen of Fado'
Jul 2, 2020 ·
39m 10s
Hear this episode as a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LlQ8FdfScefpuo7nge1at?si=uSh58lBCQDWH8GCwEhEt0g --- What a delight to further discover the cultural icon that is Amalia Rodrigues and her incredible legacy. She would have been 100...
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Hear this episode as a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LlQ8FdfScefpuo7nge1at?si=uSh58lBCQDWH8GCwEhEt0g
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What a delight to further discover the cultural icon that is Amalia Rodrigues and her incredible legacy. She would have been 100 years old yesterday and after a brief look at Portuguese news and weather, we looked at her life and listened to some of her music.
"Despite the government's heavy promotion of Rodrigues as a national symbol of Portugal, in private, Salazar hated Fado and Rodrigues (whom he referred to as 'that creature'), considering its central concept of 'saudade' (nostalgia or a painful yearning for the past) as anti-modern and 'has a softening influence on the Portuguese character', one that 'sapped all energy from the soul and led to inertia'." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A1lia_Rodrigues
The first song we played: https://archive.org/details/portuguessong
The song we finished with: https://archive.org/details/78_coimbra-the-whispring-serenade_amalia-rodrigues-jamie-santos-santos-moreira-dr_gbia0120533b/Coimbra+(The+Whisp'ring+Serenade)+-+Amalia+Rodrigues.flac
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Our next Wine Club selection: http://cooppegoes.pt/en/adega-de-pegoes-touriga-nacional-3
Track Portugal forest fires here - https://fogos.pt
'Digital seaweed' -
https://sites.google.com/view/olabomdia/weather?authuser=0
Subscribe to our YouTube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONoNEVBaAyCFcY6QpaFvbA
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What a delight to further discover the cultural icon that is Amalia Rodrigues and her incredible legacy. She would have been 100 years old yesterday and after a brief look at Portuguese news and weather, we looked at her life and listened to some of her music.
"Despite the government's heavy promotion of Rodrigues as a national symbol of Portugal, in private, Salazar hated Fado and Rodrigues (whom he referred to as 'that creature'), considering its central concept of 'saudade' (nostalgia or a painful yearning for the past) as anti-modern and 'has a softening influence on the Portuguese character', one that 'sapped all energy from the soul and led to inertia'." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A1lia_Rodrigues
The first song we played: https://archive.org/details/portuguessong
The song we finished with: https://archive.org/details/78_coimbra-the-whispring-serenade_amalia-rodrigues-jamie-santos-santos-moreira-dr_gbia0120533b/Coimbra+(The+Whisp'ring+Serenade)+-+Amalia+Rodrigues.flac
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Our next Wine Club selection: http://cooppegoes.pt/en/adega-de-pegoes-touriga-nacional-3
Track Portugal forest fires here - https://fogos.pt
'Digital seaweed' -
https://sites.google.com/view/olabomdia/weather?authuser=0
Subscribe to our YouTube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONoNEVBaAyCFcY6QpaFvbA
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