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Mandrágora (Zounds, Portugal)
$16.99

A young folk ensemble from Portugal works with the tradition in both reverential and playful ways, exploring their roots while exploring the world. They play flutes, sax, bagpipes, percussions, classic guitar, guitar, cello, moraharpa, bouzouki, and bass, throat singing.

   

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Vale de Sapos
Alto das Pedras Talhas
Penas Roias
Campanha

The musicians:
Filipa Santos: Flutes, Sax, Bagpipe
Ricardo Lopes: Percussion, flutes, throat-singing
Pedro Viana: Classic Guitar
Sergio Calisto: Folk Guitar, Cello, Moraharpa, Bouzouki
Joăo Serrador: Bass

The band says:
Mandrágora is a name of a plant that possesses fertilizing and aphrodisiac virtues, a medicinal root whose fruit, identical to a small apple, exhales a strong and fetid odor. The root of the plant has the form of a human being and in the popular belief, the mandrágora cries out as if human when it is pulled out of the ground.

Mandrágora is also the name of young band from O'Porto, Portugal, that distinguishes itself by the creativity of its original compositions, evoking the Portuguese musical tradition while exploring other cultures, revealing a great diversity of modern influences.

The self-titled CD Mandrágora (Zounds/Sabotage) was awarded the Prémio Carlos Paredes 2006 by the City council of Vila Franca de Xira, acclaimed by the critics as the best album by a Portuguese group in 2005. The Paredes prize is given to bands that play Portuguese folk music, that reinforcees the nation's cultural identity.

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