Stockholm Lisboa Project

Stockholm Lisboa Project
Origin	Stockholm,  Sweden Lisboa,  Portugal
Genres	Folk music Fado World music
Years active	2006-present
Website	stockholmlisboa.com
Members	Simon Stålspets Sérgio Crisóstomo Rita Maria Alice Andersson
Past members	Liana Luis Peixoto Micaela Vaz Filip Jers

Stockholm Lisboa Project is a Portuguese/Swedish folk music band.

History

Founded in 2006 they are based in Sweden and Portugal, and have received the German Record Critics' Award (2009^[1] and 2013^[2]), was selected for a showcase at Womex in Copenhagen. The band was nominated to the Songlines Music Awards^[3] 2010 and also the Swedish Folk & World Music Awards 2012.

The group has played live radio concerts for RDP in Portugal (2007, 2008, 2009), SR in Sweden (2007), WDR in Germany (2009) and YLE in Finland (2008), Spanish National Radio (2011) as well as concerts in festivals and concert halls around the world.

Line-up

Current members

• Simon Stålspets - nordic mandola, goat horn, willow flute, harmonica, vocals
• Sérgio Crisóstomo - violin, vocals
• Rita Maria - lead vocals
• Alice Andersson - saxophone, vocals

Past members

• Liana - vocalist (member from 2006~2011, participated on the records "Sol" (2007) & "Diagonal" (2009))
• Luis Peixoto - mandolin (member from 2006~2007, participated on the record "Sol" (2007))
• Micaela Vaz - vocalist
• Filip Jers - harmonica

Discography

• 2007: Sol
• 2009: Diagonal^[4]
• 2012: Aurora^[5]

References

1. "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik: Bestenliste 3/2009", Germany, 15 may 2009
2. "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik: Bestenliste 1/2013", Germany, 16 february 2013
3. Songlines (magazine), London, April/May 2010 #67 issue
4. Westpark Music, WP 87177
5. Westpark Music, WP 87235

External links

• Official home page
• Stockholm Lisboa Project on Facebook
• Simon Stålspets (Official website)
• Sérgio Crisóstomo (Official website)