Madredeus is a Portuguese music group formed in Lisbon in 1985, known for blending fado and Portuguese folk with contemporary chamber arrangements; prominent figures associated with the group include Teresa Salgueiro (vocals) and Pedro Ayres Magalhães.

Madredeus provided music for Wim Wenders' film Lisbon Story (soundtrack often associated with the album Ainda). Pedro Ayres Magalhães is a principal composer for the group. Teresa Salgueiro is widely cited as the group's distinctive lead singer in reviews.

Madredeus are presented in the reviews as a Portuguese group whose music blends fado, folk and chamber textures. Reviewers repeatedly praise Teresa Salgueiro's voice as the central, bewitching element. Key albums discussed include Ainda, Antologia and Movimento. The band's soundtrack contribution to Wim Wenders' Lisbon Story is noted in the reviews.

For:Fans of fado, Portuguese music, world/chamber folk, and melancholic vocal-led music.

 Teresa Salgueiro, the singer of Madredeus, bewitched me irreparably!! ..I began to write, as if in a trance, a desperate anaphora… To you, TERESA, my muse, and to the debaser adepts, I want to dedicate this act of love… Enjoy the reading!! Smiles from unknown distances!!

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 They are hypnotic songs, with an enchanted atmosphere, like "Vem" ("Come"), with the voice lingering sensually on these three letters for a time as long as an Atlantic wave, or like "O sonho" ("The Dream") so sweet and insubstantial that one wonders if it was really heard dreaming.

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 In short, in short, to cut it brief, we have here a very well-made album. It doesn’t say anything particularly new, but it says it well. And that’s enough for me.

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