Portuguese Artist Lula Pena to Perform at Duke

 

Portuguese singer-songwriter Lula Pena is set to perform on Thursday, September 17 at 20:00 (8:00 pm) at the Nelson Music Room, Duke University.
Lula Pena’s melancholic lyrics and wandering guitar lines derive from the fado tradition, which originated two hundred years ago in. 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.

Pena’s evocative second album, Troubador, came after a twelve-year hiatus 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 dukeperformances.duke.edu/calendar/lula-pena