Variações (2019)
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career, due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine in 1984, he would under the stage name of António Variações become one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent Portuguese history. His recorded works blended contemporary music genres with traditional Portuguese rhythms and melodies, creating music which for many is symbolic of the liberalization that occurred in Portuguese society after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. The original and provocative nature of his recorded works has led to him being widely recognized as one of the most innovative artists in the recent history of Portuguese popular music.
writing advice: “is this too self-indulgent?” is the demon talking. the very fact that it’s asking that means that you aren’t being nearly self-indulgent enough. sink into that hot bubble bath, eat that chocolate, and read that trashy romance novel—tonight we’re going all out.
as my choir teacher has said time and time again: it’s much easier to reign in “too much” than it is to breathe life into “too little.”
time to kick that voice in the balls and get crack-a-lackin’
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