Cristina Branco: “Alice no Pais dos Matraquilhos“

#cristinabranco #mariolaginha #hrbigband “FADO & MORE“ - the Portuguese star singer Cristina Branco meets the hr-Bigband. Like it? Then please subscribe to our channel. Cristina Branco | vocals, Mário Laginha | piano and conductor, hr-Bigband ALICE NO PAIS DOS MATRAQUILHOS is a composition by Sérgio Godinho arranged by Mário Laginha Live-Recording at hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, january 17th 2019 She is considered one of the most successful Fadistas of our time but that’s not the only point why Cristina Branco is so special. The cloo is that she has always had a wider musical horizon. Her early role models were all coming from jazz music: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell. For her eighteenth birthday her grandfather presents her a record of Amália Rodrigues. That is the point where Cristina Branco discovers the Fado for herself. Today she transforms the Portuguese folklore and makes something very unique starting with the unusual