Sara Serpa: Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
The vocalist Sara Serpa has a way with words. First of all, when she references a classic, it’s as likely to be John Steinbeck as … Read More “Sara Serpa: Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)”
Reviews
Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia)
Sara Serpa’s new album started out as the soundtrack for a film she assembled to chronicle, and critique, Portuguese nationalism in Angola. The film consists … Read More “Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia)”
Sara Serpa: Close Up (Clean Feed)
Every song, it can be argued, is a shifting landscape, the hues, light and details delineated by an artist, then further reimagined by the listener. … Read More “Sara Serpa: Close Up (Clean Feed)”
Sara Serpa & André Matos: All the Dreams
As the French say, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” though in the case of Lisbon-born, New York-based vocalist Sara Serpa, the sentiment … Read More “Sara Serpa & André Matos: All the Dreams”
Sara Serpa & Ran Blake: Kitano Noir
Apart from his landmark work with Jeanne Lee in the 1950s and early ’60s (and their brief but sublime reunion in the late ’80s), pianist … Read More “Sara Serpa & Ran Blake: Kitano Noir”
Sara Serpa: Mobile
Bill Milkowski reviews vocalist Sara Serpa’s ‘Mobile’