Ana Moura always had the ambition to sing. She started working two years ago at Senhor do Vinho, the house of fado where she met Jorge Fernando, who went on to produce this album, her recording début. Prior to that, she had already tried her hand at fado, on Sunday nights, at a neighborhood bar. It was the local guitarists who brought her to the House of Fado in Lisbon. Gradually, Ana Moura became well-known through word of mouth, and after she performed in a television program called “Fados de Portugal,” the newspapers took notice. The writer Miguel Esteves Cardoso spoke very highly of her: “Ana Moura, besides the perfect voice and interpretation, has the rare and primitive quality that Argentina Santos has, indeed, natural, without effort or premeditation.”