Ana Moura

Some albums just feel good from start to finish, and Para Alem Da Saudade is one of them. Ana Moura's voice does that warm-honey-pouring-over-your-head trick that seems endemic to women singing in Portuguese, and the dual guitar accompaniment quite simply glows like wood in a stone church. Not that this music demands reverence: It just sways around you until you find yourself drawn into the romantic melancholy that is the fado.