The singer of Portuguese music known as
George De Melo has released his newest LP album, titled, “Sopa de
Feijao.” The album includes ten full tracks in De Melo's own,
unmatched style and with his inimitable flair, for a grand total of
40 minutes' playing time. Joining him in this release are fellow
performers Jorge Ferreira, Joe Malhoa, and Quim Barreiros.
The album is a collage of rock,
country, and traditional Portugese music. De Melo's lyrics are
sometimes sentimental, but often extremely lighthearted and amusing,
sometimes positively comical. His singing is rich and natural, warm
and excellent to hear. His tone is an unlikely mix of debonaire and
devil-may-care, like a cross between the voices and attitudes of
Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, although in Portuguese, of course.
Although he sings in his native tongue
of Portuguese, George De Melo was not born on the mainland Iberian
peninsula where Spain is located. Rather, he is a born national of
the Azores volcanic archipelago that is located approximately 1,000
miles west of Lisbon, or about halfway between the United States and
Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a favorite place of theorists for
the possible location of fabled Atlantis. In 1964 De Melo immigrated
to Canada, where he played and sang for various bands. He began
hosting karaoke full time in British Columbia around 1994, which gave
him further exposure to the professional stage of music performance.
His first full-length record, “Sope de Feijao,” was originally
produced in 2011, but has only just now been officially published and
distributed.
“I am passionate about music,”
writes De Melo, “and having fun is one of my priorities in life.”
The album “Sope de Feijao,” by
George De Melo, is available online worldwide beginning March 1,
2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The single “Sopa de Feijao”
is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
georgedemelo@mail.com
website -
www.georgedemelo.com
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