The name of the album is Soul Whisper and its creator is Canadian singer/songwriter Tammy Weis. Each song, a poem by Fernando Pessoa, the most important Portuguese writer from the 20th century. Soul Whisper was Produced by Rui Veloso, the renowned Portuguese musician, who also plays throughout the album. This project is unprecedented, being the first time a foreigner artist sets Fernando Pessoa poetry to music in a full length album, This Album of poems, originally written in English or translated into it, coincides with the celebration of Pessoa's 135th anniversary.
released June 2, 2023
Tammy Weis vocals and backing vocals on all tracks
Rui Veloso cuatro, electric guitar on 1; harmonium on 2; guitars on 3; electric guitar on 4, 6; ukulele, mandolin on 5; guitar on 7, 9, 10; Rhodes piano on 7; harmonium on 8; backing vocals on 10; cuatro, steel guitar, guitar on 1 1
Carlos Barretto double bass on 1 to 1 1
Carlos Miguel Antunes drums on 1 to 4, 6, 10
Tal Bachman banjo on 2; guitar, backing vocals, banjitar on 10
Antonio Pinto acoustic guitar on 1 , 3, 4, 6, 8, 1 1
Randy Bachman washboard on 1 , 4; guitar, backing vocals on 10
Joäo Ferreira percussion on 1 , 2, 4, 1 1
Alexandre Manaia accordion on 4; piano on 7, 9
Luis Guerreiro Portuguese guitar on 5, 8
Joäo Sé guitar on 2
Jorge Roque end vocals on 2
Antonio Serrano harmonica on 9
Escola Båsica N.0 1 de Sabugo e Vale de Lobos Choir vocals on 6
All songs based on poems of Fernando Pessoa
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