Passion and emotional experience are above the beauty of the Portuguese singer Dulce Pontes. On the double album PeregrinaĆ§Ć£o (= pilgrimage), she uses her powerful voice to perform her own songs, fado classics and arrangements of classical compositions by , , and in an intense and idiosyncratic way.. On the first disc (Nudez = nudity) Pontes sings in Portuguese, on the second disc (Puertos de
… abrigo = safe havens) in Spanish. The passionate Spanish fits well with Pontes, who sometimes screams with emotion like a flamenco singer. But just as easily she lets her voice quiet down to a heavenly, flute-like tone. Folk, fado, tango, classical and everything in between: Pontes concludes her figurative pilgrimage with the English song 7th Sky, a tribute to the inspiring Flemish fashion designer Kaat Tilley. (SvdP)more