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Sara Marreiros

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JD: Well the audiences have responded well to you. I saw you yesterday in one of the workshops and everybody was having a lot of fun. Could you tell us about the style of music that you are performing at Salmon Arm?

SM: I'm performing Portuguese fado music mixed with a bit of a west coast feel. So I've got the Portuguese guitarra, which is traditional, and I've also added bass and percussion to the mix which adds a whole new feel to the fire.

JD: It's working. It's very good. Now I've noticed that there's more jazz musicians attempting to sing in Portuguese, such as Laila Biali and Emilie-Claire Barlow, mainly due to the bossa nova influence in jazz. Do you plan to cover any of the Jobim/Getz/Gilberto catalogues, as they do?

SM: I actually do. In our shows we often do one or two Jobim tunes. On our new album, Minha Luz (My Light) we put on a tune called Rio Guadafeo. So we definitely incorporate bossa in with the fado.

JD: That's neat. There seems to be a real explosion of Portuguese people and their music happening now in the music scene. I love it.

SM: Great!

JD: I know you have one album out called "Alma de Terra" and it has some really beautiful fado on it. What did you say the new album was called and could you tell us about it?

SM: The new album is called Minha Luz and it came out in May. It incorporates all the instrumentation I was describing before and it just, really showcases the fado that we do, a little bit of Brazilian music and then there's actually some English on this album as well. The first one was all fado with piano and bass. This has bass, percussion, guitar and the Portuguese guitarra. It also has guest artists from The Bills and stuff like that because there is mandolin and trumpets and there are really beautiful additions added to the album.

JD:OK. These CDs�where can we get them?

SM: Currently you can get them in Victoria and one store in Vancouver, but hopefully next month across Canada as I'm getting some distribution and that will be happening very, very soon.

JD: Ok, time for the tough personal question that I ask just about everybody. What would we find in your CD player this week?

SM: I think you'll find Stacey Earle, and probably Harry Manx. I've been listening to who I've been talking and soaking them in�remembering how great they sounded.

JD: I think a lot of people at this festival are in the same boat. You listen to them and you go and grab their CD and it's in the care right away. Sara, I'd like to thank you for spending some time with us today. I know you have plenty to do still. Enjoy the rest of the festival and hopefully I'll see you many more times.

SM: Absolutely. It was my pleasure. Thanks a lot.

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