Vanessa Oliveira
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Vanessa Oliveira

Vanessa Oliveira is a Portuguese singer-songwriter from Lisbon who started singing and playing guitar as a child. Her debut album 'Plano Redentor' came out in...

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Vanessa Oliveira's intimate songs of love and loss

A Portuguese singer-songwriter whose folk and jazz-inflected work carries a quiet, direct emotional weight.

For a good sense of her, try 'Memorias' or 'Fixação'. They're quiet, but they stick with you.

Her 2008 debut 'Plano Redentor' put her on the map in Portugal with a title track that felt both personal and resonant. Songs like 'Memorias' and 'Filho Querido' handle themes of love and loss with a voice that doesn't need to shout to be heard. After a 2012 breast cancer diagnosis, she's used her music to speak about that experience without letting it define everything she writes.

She started singing and playing guitar as a child in Lisbon. The debut album arrived in 2008, and she's since put out five studio records that blend folk, jazz, and Portuguese traditions.

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Vanessa Oliveira is a Portuguese singer-songwriter from Lisbon who started singing and playing guitar as a child. Her debut album 'Plano Redentor' came out in 2008, with the title track helping establish her nationally.

Her songs like 'Memorias' and 'Filho Querido' often work with themes of love and loss, delivered with a voice that feels intimate and emotionally direct. She's recorded five studio albums that incorporate folk and jazz elements alongside Portuguese musical traditions.

In 2012, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to pause her music work for a time. She's since used her platform to talk about the disease while continuing to perform and record.

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