Portugal. The Man
Woodstock (ROCKTOBER) LP
With a career spanning two decades, five studio albums, over 16 plus million records sold world-wide, and a plethora of accolades, Nelly Furtado is a proven chart-topping luminary. Furtado now presents her sixth studio album, The Ride, which finds the pop wunderkind teaming up with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, Blondie, Erykah Badu, Franz Ferdinand).
The Ride serves as a culmination of Furtado's journey, living life through experiences that oftentimes felt like a carnival ride you get on and sometimes have to get off. "I let experience be the most important thing," Furtado explains. Experiences birthed several songs which found their way onto the new album. There's the pensive "Pipe Dreams," which was written on a water walk in Kenya, where Furtado learned how Kenyan women find water for their villages. A trip to Chile to visit her best friend also proved to be fortuitous, as Furtado penned "Magic" while sipping on wine in Santiago and reflecting on unrequited love.
Cold Hard Truth
Flatline
Carnival Games
Live
Paris Sun
Sticks and Stones
Magic
Pipe Dreams
Palaces
Tap Dancing
Right Road
Phoenix