Raquel Tavares (Lisbon, 11/1/1985) is a singer of Fado. She had a normal route on her education, but finally decided she couldn’t leave music behind. She won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal: “Grande Noite Do Fado”. She sings regularly at “Bacalhau De Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon, and has made shows all around Europe, in cities like Paris, Rome or Madrid. Raquel sings what she sees, feels and smells around her, what she lives from day to day.

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