Yesterday I bought Mariza's newest CD, "Terra." It's rare to have a musician

[alfredo]

bring me to tears, but she did.

Her voice is so pure, so expressive. She's one of the greats. My wife is a musician, and a very harsh critic of the corporate music being pushed on us. She played this CD through three times. straight. She even dared mention Mariza in the same sentence with Striesand. Striesand is the gold standard with my wife. A singer has to be extraordingary to even stand in Barbra's shadow. Still, Barbra has no equal, but Mariza's "Terra" is worth a listen, and the shelling out $9.99 at the Apple iTunes store, or better yet, at your local brick and mortar record store.

Mariza has passed the "wife test" and that means I am quite confident when I recommend "Terra" to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tsdp5DmPc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfE_kU-vPI&feature=related

Here is what Rolling Stone has to say about this offering:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25201370/review/26415296/terra

Here is a live performance of Chaplin's "Smile." On the CD she does it at a slow, soulful tempo that will rip your heart out, but here she rocks it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=698_3Ov4b0w

I rate it four bong hits.

[Brucie Kibbutz]

1. Never heard of her before.

She really does have a great voice. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. :fistbump:

[amyrose2712]

2. posted in wrong place

sorry meant to thank the poster.

[amyrose2712]

3. Me like./Thanks for the intro nt

[Daphne08]

4. The first time my husband and I heard Mariza sing

"Cavaleiro Monge" we both wept.

We later laughed through our tears because couldn't comprehend just why we had wept. We didn't understand the words and we had no idea of the meaning of the song. All we knew was that her voice and the style of singing touched our hearts.

We did some research and learned of Fado.

There was a very interesting show on LINK-TV this morning on the history of Fado and Mariza.

http://www.linktv.org/programs/dd_marizafado