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Artist
Liana
12+ albums
fadoportuguesefemale vocalistspophungarian
about
There are 2 artists with this name: 1. A Canadian Singer-Songwriter 2. A singer of fado music from Portugal 1. Canadian: LiANA (photo with Sylvia Tyson) Toronto-based Singer-Songwriter-Producer-Advocate-Minister-Chaplain. No doubt one of the best multi-taskers around. 2008 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Award Nominee 2009 Artist of the Month (review interview by GAY GUITARISTs’ Robert Urban) Past nominations: BCCMA, JUNOS, OCFF MultiI -instrumentalist: vox, violin, guitar, viola, percussion, keys, midis, etc. Genre-bender and multi-linguist (Italian, French, English and basic others). Influences: classical genre, blues, folk, rock Favorite artists: Rita MacNeil, Kd lang, Melissa Ethridge, Elvis,Supertramp, Cyndi Lauper Education: Post Graduate 2. Portugese Liana For a growing number of admirers, Liana is already one of the most original fado singers of the new generation. A rare pearl to discover, and a talent with a brilliant future. Liana exhibits an impressive range of vocal registers, with diversified tones, and from the almost whisper to the extension of the voice to the skies, sweet and strong. Also singular, on the present fado scene, is her clear diction, without disturbing imperfections, and a word articulation that emphasises the beauty of the Portuguese idiom and makes the poem breathe and free itself, like back in time the best fado singers would require of themselves. But a good voice, without feeling or art to command it, might just be an easy and sterile acroba
