Pedra Contida

Pedra Contida: Xisto

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 4, 2014

Pedra Contida (contained stone in Portuguese) is a Portuguese quintet assembled by guitarist Marcelo dos Reis to work together for a week in the remote mountain village Cerdeira in Serra da Lousã, in the Coimbra district of Portugal. The five musicians-- dos Reis also on prepared guitar, voice and singing bowls are Angélica V. Salvi on harp, Nuno Torres on alto sax, Miguel Carvalhais computer, and João Pais Filipe who also collaborates with dos Reis in the Fail Better! quintet ...