Even though most countries like to use English to sing in at our favourite TV show, it’s nice to hear something that’s truer to its roots.
Portuguese was a very misunderstood language until 2017. But if you were to listen to a compilation of songs from Portugal, you’ll love some that got completely ignored. When we were last in Luxembourg (remember them?), the song from Portugal, and got a scattering of points from six juries out of 19. It deserved far far better. It came from what would have been today’s birthday girl Maria Guinot, and is a classic amongst certain circles. Sadly we lost Ms Guinot in November 2018, but this song will always be magnificent.
Maria would have been 74 today.