The Grand Auditorium of TEMPO – Teatro Municipal de Portimão will host, on February 4 (21:00) a show by the Lisbon band “Expresso Atlântica”, which since 2021 represents one of the most interesting projects in the current Portuguese music scene.
Gaspar Varela, on Portuguese guitar, Sebastião Varela, on electric guitar, and Rafael Matos, on drums, released, just over two years ago, the band's debut EP, rightly titled "Expresso Atlântico", which received positive reviews from critics. .
This record includes songs such as “Primeira Rodada”, “Azul Celeste” (in honor of the fado singer Celeste Rodrigues, sister of Amália and great-grandmother of Gaspar and Sebastião), “Alfama, Texas” and “When Neptuno gave to the Coast”, released in a special edition that includes the reading of an unpublished poem by Sebastião Varela.
It was between Lisbon and the United States of America that the group's first ideas began to emerge, at a time when Gaspar Varela was in tour with Madonna, while her two companions sent her the first meshes on this transatlantic voyage.
With a sound influenced by the rhythms of popular Portuguese, Brazilian and African music, the debut work of these young musicians reveals, over six songs, the soundtrack of a Lisbon with a view of the world.
The trio’s internationalization began at the opening ceremony of WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo 2022, with the launch of the debut album “Expresso Transatlântico” planned for this year, whose first advance is called “Barquinha” and features the special participation of Conan Osiris, who also signed the lyrics.
Tickets for the performance on the 4th of February cost 10 euros and can be Purchased online by clicking herei or at the TEMPO ticket office, from Tuesday to Saturday between 13 pm and 00 pm, and on show nights until 18 pm.
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