"Dei Volta"

Tony Camara was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He was introduced to the world of music at a very early age. In fact, one week after he was born he was using a guitar case as a crib. Throughout his childhood, Tony would travel with his parents and watch them perform for the different Portuguese Communities of North America.

Tony first live performance took place when he was just five years old. Since then, he has come to perform live for audiences in Canada, United States, Azores and Bermuda. Besides his career as solo artist, Tony has been a member of several bands.

He was raised in a very Portuguese household where he heard the Portuguese music that was so to influence his musical adventures. In these, Tony has crossed paths with some of the most famous name of the Portuguese music milieu, people like Carlos do Carmo, Paulo de Carvalho, Alcindo Carvalho, Fernando Machado Soares, Father Borga, Carlos Alberto Moniz, Carmen Silva, Lindo Mar Castilo, Fontes Rocha, Herminio Arruda, Celeste Rodrigues, among others. Among the highlights of his career are his live performances for well-known figures of the Portuguese political and state arenas, among them Dr. Jorge Sampaio, Victor Cruz and Jose Lello.

Furthermore, his adventures in the music world brought about the opportunity to record his first work titled Coimbra in which he exclusively sings Coimbra fado. Due to Tony's great love for this unique Portuguese musical genre, he has dedicated the last four years of his life to singing fado.

Now we have Tony Camara and his latest CD, Dei Volta. Despite having a full-time job, Tony always finds time for his music, which is a major motivating force in his life. His enthusiasm for Portuguese music and culture has been a major contributing factor to his personal evolution, and to which the fact that he now composes his own music and lyrics in Portuguese attests. This can be heard in the themes Quem me Dera Dançar Contigo, Usado Por Ti, Sentado Esperei Por Ti and Vaidosa included in this his latest album. His love for the Portuguese culture and guitar are quite evident in Arrematações do Espírito Santo, also included in this collection.

Tony Camara has found a place for himself on stage, from where he has come to capture the attention of the audiences for whom he performs. Tony's musical taste is quite diverse, hip hop, rock, fado, blues, rhythm and blues and latin music, and his new album, Dei Volta, reflects all these musical genres. However, Tony remains faithful to his roots and this latest work is a veritable testament to the many musical talents of Tony Camara…Tabico Jr…

Translation of original Portuguese text by Adiaspora.com

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