SONGLINES FADO SERIES
Buba Espinho
Last Show: Friday 26 th January 2018
The Pheasantry (Chelsea)
Buba Espinho's Fado story is not the typical one. He was not precociously shaken from his peaceful childhood by a stunning voice coming from the radio or TV. But it's not that different either. Born in Beja, in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, Bernardo 'Buba' Espinho was still a young kid when he felt drawn to 'cante alentejano', the region's intense former work songs that were kept alive in local taverns all over the region. He started to attend informal musical gatherings in the Alentejo town of Cuba, listening to the elderly sing those weighty polyphonic songs and waiting to be called and join the circle.
Photo credits: Ana Espinho