Maria João Quadros has been, for many years, a leading figure in the fado scene.

In retreats and fado houses, Maria João built, night by night, a prestige that currently places her among the most important figures in Fado.

It was this prestige that allowed first-rate Brazilian composers to gather around him to make a «fados» record that combined the best of Portuguese song with the best of Brazilian popular music.

Seduced by the emission of his voice, which is absolutely unique and rare, even in the midst of fado, and by his soul where fado is sovereign, Ivan Lins, Francis Hime, Zeca Baleiro, Chico César, Olivia Byington, among many others, laid hands on to the work to this task of making fados for a true and authentic fado singer.