Dead Combo e Norberto Lobo – The Portuguese Conspiracy

Dead Combo

Sceneries of a lost past, the fado, the loiter western, all together in a voodoo of emotions, the Tagus river, misplaced lovers, abandoned angels in the crossroads of destiny, flowers with misplaced colours, saints, burning hot chambers, naked guitars, thrown on the street, double basses on fire, top hats, chickens on the loose and things that roll on the street.

Norberto Lobo

Norberto’s case is that of the artist-illusionist that suggests a ground zero for tradition, conjuring several ghosts while leaving them at his door step. It appears – only with a couple of albums under his belt – that he’s single-handedly changing the relationship between Portuguese music and the guitar. Not that his playing gets particularly insular or that he tries to hide his many influences, but there’s not much you can do when you feel like you’ve been exorcized just by listening.