Fado @ the Agency

At the end of a looooong workday Marta arranged for a Fado performance on the agency's rooftop deck. She arranged for an up-and-coming singer named Cuca Rosetta to play a short set with her band and all the guys on the GPC panel immediately noted that Ms.Rosetta was both immensely talented and easy on the eyes. Below is a video I took of one of the songs they sung...


Here's what Marta wrote about Fado:
Fado music is a traditional form of urban folk music from Portugal that emerged in the first half of the 19th century. It arose in the city's Alfama district, a socially and economically marginalized area that was a nexus of Iberian, South American (particularly Brazilian) and African peoples and traditions. Ulike rural folks musics, where a single culture is often responsible for the evolution of the genre, Fado is an urban folk music, originating in the port city of Lisboa where many cultures met and merged over centuries. Fado combines elements of Portuguese country folk music with Moorish and African influences, among others...