Portuguese singer-songwriter and poet Lula Pena is set to perform at Nelson Music Room on Thursday, September 17 at 20:00 (8:00 pm). Lula Pena’s yearning lyrics and guitar lines descend from the fado tradition, which originated two hundred years ago in Lisbon and has since provided fertile ground for musical reinvention.
Pena calls her unique take on fado a palimpsest, with its layers of languages and musical influences: singing in Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French, she draws on Latin American nueva canción, Portuguese folk music of the 1960s, and French chanson.
Her melancholic second album, Troubador, came after a twelve-year break from touring and recording and was accompanied by an acclaimed appearance at world music expo WOMEX 2014, bringing her music to a broader European audience.
More details at: https://dukeperformances.duke.edu/calendar/lula-pena
Author: World Music Central News Room
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