Aline Frazão

Aline Frazão (born 17 June 1988) is an Angolan singer-songwriter.

Biography Frazão was born in June 1988 in Luanda, the capital of Angola.

Her first time in the recording studio was a collaboration with the flautist César Herranz entitled "A Minha Embala". In 2011, after moving to Santiago de Compostela, she released her debut solo album, "Clave Bantu". It has a jazz idiom and features some lyrics written by with Angolan writers José Eduardo Agualusa and Ondjaki. Her second album, "Movimento", was a partnership between her and the Angolan poet Carlos Ferreira and includes a poem by Alda Lara set to music. It features some lyrics by the Angolan poet Ana Paula Tavares and the Portuguese rapper Capicua. All the songs were new, except the traditional "Susana", which was recorded in Lisbon and is very well known in Angola.

Frazão has toured several countries including Cape Verde, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway and Austria.

Circa 2016, she resides in Lisbon.

Writing Frazão said that, when touring internationally, she tells the audience she is from Angola and most people could not situate it geographically. She considers songwriting a lonely process but can write a great number of songs quickly. Movimento (2013) Insular (2015) Dentro da Chuva (2018) Uma Música Angolana (2022)

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A Minha Embala (2011) with César Herranz