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Rão Kyao - Fado Bailado (1983)

When I was on mu trip to Lisbon, walking at the evening with family and friends through Alfama district, from one of the small restaurants I heard for the first time Fado, unique folk music straight from this beautiful country. Then it hit me, I should go and search for some fado musicians and write about it. On my way back I made my choice: Rão Kyao and his Fado Bailando became my next album to listen. There is not so much (at least not in English) information about this artist. What I could find about about him this he travelled far and tried to connect Portuguese folk music with eastern sound of Asia (like India). He also had a lot of influences from Jazz music. Usually I’m going through most songs individually, this record I will treat differently. It has this unchained soul this swiftly goes from one track to another. And in this way I should treat this piece from Rão Kyao, as a seamless flowing music. What caught me at the start is a saxophone. Rão quickly mastered this ins...