Jazz Articles about Earl Jackson

Ramana Vieira: Tudo de Mim (All of Me)

by Richard J Salvucci
July 15, 2023

No doubt it has been some time since a listener of a pop-fado recording has been treated to a rendition of Franz Schubert's “Ave Maria" complete with lyrics based on the prayer. The singer is Ramana Vieira, a product of San Leandro, CA, of a family of Portuguese origins. Paired with “Trago Fado Nos Sentidos," a song one easily imagined coming from a night spot in Lisbon or Madrid, the remarkable plasticity of the culture that produced such music, blending ...