Luisa Sobral

Luísa Sobral is one of the most important singer-songwriters of the new generation of Portuguese musicians.

She debuted in 2011 with “The Cherry on My Cake”, an album that was very well received by the public. It was followed by “There’s A Flower In My Bedroom” (2013), with guests like Jamie Cullum, António Zambujo and Mário Laginha, Lu-Pu-I-Pi-Sa-Pa (2014) and Luísa (2016), recorded in Los Angeles by the renowned producer Joe Henry (Madonna, Elvis Costello, among others).

During this period Luísa’s songwriting facet gained prominence, composing for artists such as Ana Moura, António Zambujo, Gisela João, Mayra Andrade, among many others. In 2017, Luísa composed “Amar Pelos Dois”, the Eurovision-winning song.

“Rosa”, Luísa’s fifth album of originals, arrived in 2018. Produced by Catalan Raül Refree, one of Spain’s most prestigious producers and multi-instrumentalists, “Rosa’s” beauty is enhanced by the stripped-down arrangements and the creative complicity between Luísa and Refree.

Luísa once again expanded her creative horizons in 2020: she released a new single with the Spanish singer Zahara and debuted “O Avesso da Canção”, a podcast where she interviewed some of the greatest names in Portuguese music. 2020 also marked her debut on stage with her brother Salvador in a series of concerts in Lisbon and Porto.

2021, Luísa released “Camomila” (2021), a mini-album of lullabies that has captured the hearts of a younger public, and with the single “Quero Morar numa Canção” (2022).

In 2022, Luísa Sobral, one of the most important Portuguese singer-songwriters of her generation, returns with “DanSando”, her sixth studio album, released on o-tone music 11 years after her debut “The Cherry on My Cake”. The new work was produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and Latin Grammy winner Tó Brandileone and recorded before the summer between Lisbon (Portugal) and São Paulo (Brazil). In the eleven songs, Luísa explores a poppier aesthetic than in her previous works, with songs written and sung in Portuguese that look at everyday life with sweetness and enthusiasm. Luísa says, “I’ve wanted to make an album like this for a long time: an ode to life and the good things that have happened to me.

A passionate songwriter, Luísa Sobral has collaborated with well-known Portuguese artists such as Ana Moura, António Zambujo, Sara Correia, Mayra Andrade, Salvador Sobral and many others. From this passion, she created the podcast “O Avesso da Canção”, where she interviews great names of Portuguese music about the art of songwriting.

As a tribute to her love of words organized in songs, Luísa finally presents “DanSando” and plans to travel the world with it, continuing her great international experience that has already taken her to countries as diverse as Spain, France, Turkey, Israel, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United States, Morocco, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Japan, Brazil and Uruguay.

DISKOGRAPHY:
2022 – DanSando
2021 – Camomila (EP)
2018 – Rosa
2016 – Luisa
2014 – Lu Pu i Pi Sa Pa
2013 – There’s a Flower in my Bedroom
2011 – The Cherry on my Pie

“Few musicians are currently shaping the Portuguese music scene as much as Luisa Sobral.” WDR3 (Album of the Week)

“Luísa Sobral is one of the most important Portuguese singer-songwriters of her generation. (…) Maria Gutierrez is thrilled and spoke with the musician.” SR2 (CD of the week)

“Luísa Sobral [is an] excellent singer-songwriter, with seven albums to her name, in demand as a producer and composer for other artists. (…) [Her songs] are an ode to life, especially in these times, with all the good that has happened to her. “ MDR Kultur (Album of the Week)

“And that’s how Luísa Sobral’s album ‘DanSando’ turned out: urban and yet rooted sounding, capricious and whimsical, inspired and yet with depth. It’s long past time to also keep Salvador Sobral’s sister Luísa as a charismatic singer-songwriter in our sights and ears.” Deutschlandfunk Kultur

“[the music] of the Portuguese Luisa Sobral shines in a new, poppier sound” FAZ

“Our focus artist of today’s audible in hr2 Kultur comes from Portugal. (…) For her, [the album] is an ode to life, to the beautiful sides she has experienced. (…) Recorded in her native Lisbon, Portugal, and in Sao Paolo, Brazil, home of the album’s producer, multi-instrumentalist and Latin Grammy winner Tó Brandileone.” hr2 Kultur

“Of course, she herself is also one of Portugal’s great singer-songwriters. (…) Luísa Sobral now also lives out her passion as a songwriter in her own podcast, in which she invites Portugal’s music greatest to join her.” BR2

“An intriguing and beguilingly intimate album, ‘DanSando’ is a delight” ★★★★ Songlines (UK)

“Her talent is unmistakable” RNR MAGAZINE (UK)

“‘DanSando’ is (…) one of the musical highlights of 2022” Espalha-Factos (Portugal)

“Joyful, poppy and full of energy like never before, Luísa Sobral shows her sunny side on DanSando – without forgetting the darker sides of life.” Jazzthetik (Germany)

“The eleven songs are about love, about being a mother, about being a woman – but also about war, resentment, misogyny.” Jazzthetik (Germany)

“An elegant masterpiece that we need to listen to over and over again”
MUSIC MAGAZINE (JAPAN)