“Atão Porque Não?” marks the celebration of the 25 years of career of the Moçoilas

Composed by Inês Rosa, Margarida Guerreiro and Teresa Silva (the third cycle of a generation of women / girls), the Moçoilas group is born from the desire to rekindle and recover the southern corners, more precisely from the Algarve region. Forgotten or hidden in time and in the depths of a mountain full of sounds, smells, colors and unique knowledge, these songs are part of and represent a large part of our cultural heritage, reflecting the soul and traditions of a Serra do Caldeirão. singing has always been a national identity.

Reinterpreting many of the old themes and enriching them with their own energy, modifying some, appropriating others and paving the way for new melodies and new songs, the Moçoilas group is to be congratulated, celebrating 25 years of a prestigious and long career, full of adventures, successes, experiences and sharing of memories. And nothing better than celebrating this date with the release of a new album, which goes by the name of “Atão, Why Not?”

Returning to the Serra Mãe of this project, this album revives experiences, brings to light the voices of the women of this mountain and rekindles memories of other times. Times of heavy living, but now revived in the form of new and happy sounds, which do not forget the discouragements of life, but which make them a reflection of a strength and tenacity, typical of Southern women.

The emerging sound is reborn from the need to continue to hear and affirm the basic sounds, the root, the earth and a disenchanted cassette at the bottom of a chest, where sounds and songs collected in the 90s were discovered in Currais localities. and Cachopo. A creative mix, where the traditional and the modern are joined by the voice of Moçoilas, adding other songs that have accompanied the group, but not yet edited, and new ones, eternalizing the soul of the songs of the mountains.