Olhos Nos Olhos

His father a notable fado guitarist (Fernando de Freitas was involved in Amalia Rodrigues' first recordings) and his mother a Bahian singer, Fernando Girao has largely taken a middle road through Portuguese music, creating new avenues rather than using the established ones. Moving to Portugal at 17, Girao formed and/or joined a series of influential rock bands: Pentagono, Abralas, and Heavy Band, (with whom he spent 3 years absorbing African influences from the other major Portuguese colony, Angola),...