Mariza: Live in London

The new queen of the Portuguese folk music known as fado shines in the impressive Mariza Live in London, a 2003 concert recorded at the Union Chapel in London. The twentysomething Lisbon resident has been hailed as the successor to fado legend Amália Rodrigues; now, after two well-received CDs, comes Mariza's first filmed concert performance, and it is stunning. Mariza is backed primarily by acoustic guitar, acoustic bass guitar, and ""Portuguese guitar,"" a 12-string instrument that looks something like a lute and sounds a bit like a Greek bouzouki; there is some piano as well, and Guy Barker's muted trumpet provides ""O Deserto"" with a pronounced jazzy feel. But the singer is the main attraction here, and the power and passion of Mariza's delivery on ""Barco Negro"" and nearly all the others in the 16-song set, including more upbeat, celebratory numbers like ""Oica La o Senhor Vinho"" (the introductions are in English, but the tunes are all in Portuguese) are undeniable.