There is no need for any great introductions when it comes to Mariza. As the most important ambassador of contemporary Portuguese music, her name is synonymous with the voice that made Fado her calling card and mission in life. At the same time, she never looks back when it comes to finding new ways for fado.

Mariza is simply Mariza - unique, expressive, original. Consequently, her new, seventh studio album bears the simple but apt title "MARIZA". On the one hand, because her voice and her cross-genre talent can never be locked into common drawers. On the other hand, because you can expect no less from Mariza than Mariza. In the classic "Trigueirinha" she is the earthy fado singer, who dances with joy and leisure to expand the spectrum of the traditional fado piece with a tropical breeze - tastefully-driving basses and percussion included. In "Quem Me Dera", on the other hand, she can be heard as a subtle interpreter of a poignant acoustic ballad.
The fadista and the sensitive ballad singer add up to one and the same Mariza. They reflect facets of the artist who became a worldwide phenomenon with her debut album "Fado em Mim" in 2001, actually 18 years ago. They belong to the Mariza, who for the first time sang and recorded their own text for "MARIZA" in the play "Oração". They are parts of Mariza, which showed tremendous growth over the course of five studio albums, three live recordings and a greatest hits compilation. Every one of her many concert tours, every performance, every new experience, every award and title she has been awarded - every aspect of her career has remained a lesson for Mariza. She has always remained true to herself. Every phrasing, every note is filled with her, because Mariza sings because she has to sing, because her voice and you are one. This is fado. And that's why Mariza is fado - no matter what she sings.
What she sings on "MARIZA" is a seductive mixture of tradition and modernity, past and future. Jorge Fernando, Mário Pacheco and Tiago Machado, who have been working with Mariza since her early days, contributed songs to the album. Stars of urban music and African music like Matias Damásio or Héber Marques did the same to the long-time collaborators, next to the pop singer-songwriter Carolina Deslandes. She is accompanied musically by old friends such as José Manuel Nateo, the magician of the Portuguese guitar, flamenco and jazz guitarist Pedro Jóia, Jaques Morelenbaum, the cello virtuoso from Brazil, and producer Javier Limón, who is working with Mariza for the third time.
Above all, however, is the voice: more mature, more expressive, more engaging, more casual in any context. You can recognize this voice already in the first note and feel its seductive power in the first chorus, which carried you away at the latest towards the end of a song. There is this voice only once. It is Mariza's voice - filled, experienced, unique, "MARIZA".