Mariza
Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]),ComIH, born Marisa dos Reis Nunes (16 December 1973, Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique), is a popular fado singer.
Mariza was born to a Portuguese father and a mother of partial African heritage. At age three, her family moved to Metropolitan Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz. Her father strongly encouraged her to adopt fado; he felt that participating in the traditional music would grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese community. Mariza has sold over 1,000,000 records worldwide.
Music career
In 1999, fado's most famous and beloved interpreter, Amália Rodrigues died. In the public remembrance and mourning that followed, fado regained much of its previous popularity, and Mariza was asked to perform a broadcast tribute to Rodrigues' memory, which caused her friends to begin urging her to record an album of fado music. She did so, and in 2001 Fado em Mim was released. It sold an astounding 100,000 copies (4,000 copies of a fado disc would have been considered successful). After this the record company made the disc available worldwide, and sales eventually topped 140,000 copies.
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ALBUMS
- Terra released: 2008
- Concerto em Lisboa released: 2006
- Transparente released: 2005
- Live in London released: 2004
- Fado curvo released: 2003
- Fado em mim released: 2002
- Fado Tradicional released:
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Holding On To Letting Go
by: MarcelHere we are, the two of us together
Don't know where we end or where we start
Been through so many stages
But we're on two different pages
Maybe we're just better off apart
CHORUS:
It's so hard to say goodbye
We'll throw down the gloves and in the towel
Just let it ride
It's so hard cause we both know
When the curtain falls and the bloom is off the rose
We're just holding on to letting go
And who knows, will it be for the better?
Maybe it'll be for the worse
Though I try to love you
And I want to make it work
All it does is make me hurt
CHORUS
Did we get enough, or expect too much?
Do we tough it out, or just give up?
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We're just holding on