Fado singer wants next album to be a testament to the present for a "fairer future"

Silvana Peres said that "the narratives [in the album] are an invitation to reflection and change, with the aim of deepening awareness and contributing to prevention." They are a testament to the present and aim for "a more just future."

"The theme will be women in society," the fado singer said in an interview with Lusa news agency. "Issues such as gender equality, sexual orientation, violence—which affects all social classes, whether domestic or dating violence—will be addressed, as well as female empowerment, motherhood, and human rights."

The first sample of this album is the single "Violência", with lyrics and music by Marina Mota, who also participates in the interpretation, and will be released on November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

In addition to Silvana Peres and Marina Mota, this fado, the only one in which the singer shares the interpretation, also features the voices of Beatriz Felício, Cristina Branco, Joana Amendoeira, Lina_, Maria Emília, Matilde Cid, Marta Rosa, Sofia Ramos, Sandra Correia, Sara Paixão, Ana Margarida Prado and Ana Rita Prada.

The fado singer, known for the fado 'O Meu Pedro' (Carlos Leitão/Fado Pedro Rodrigues), said she "really wants" the next album "not to be a tribute to the past, but a report on the present" and, at the same time, "a firm step towards a fairer, freer, more dignified future, in full prosperity and equality for all."

Silvana stated that her next album "is for today, as fado has always kept up with the times", and acknowledged that it goes against a certain fado narrative, which she referred to as "marialva".

"This narrative is outside of what women think and are today, who are much more empowered, freer and do not identify with these themes," she stated.

"I feel that myself, I don't feel like singing those kinds of lyrics, they have nothing to do with me, like 'Better lies with you than truths without you'', said the fado singer, giving the fado 'Voltaste' (Joaquim Pimentel/António Rodrigues) as an example.

"Fado has always sung about society and for some time now I've felt that there has been a lack of responsibility in this regard, and there has been a lot of singing about longing and jealousy, when in fact that's no longer what women want, they no longer think that way."

The album, melodically, includes traditional fados and new compositions. One of the tracks, "Preconceito," features lyrics and music by the singer, co-written with Beatriz Felício.

Other authors, besides herself, are Amélia Muge, Manuela de Freitas, Marina Mota, Mafalda Arnauth, Teresa Muge, Florbela Espanca, who she considers "unavoidable", and also Teresinha Landeiro, Joana Alegre, Joana Espadinha, Rita Marrafa de Carvalho, Beatriz Felício, Marta Rosa and Rita Dias.

'A Todas as Mulheres' is the singer's third album, but "the first entirely dedicated to fado," highlighted Silvana Peres, who has also performed with fado houses such as A Parreirinha de Alfama and Clube do Fado, where she has been singing for three years. Her previous albums "were about Lusophone and fusion music."

The creator of 'Dança de Malandro' (Dino D'Santiago/Tuniko Goulart) stated that "female fado singers are those with the greatest national and international visibility, but in everything that involves the fado world, from musicians to producers, composers, poets, directors, road managers and technicians, the vast majority are men."

"Fado continues to be a very masculinized medium, and that's why I decided that in this album fado happens in the feminine, with a line-up of 12 songs carefully selected to tell stories, all of them written by women, six of them with traditional melodies, by well-known authors like Alfredo Marceneiro, and the others with six original lyrics and music."

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