Singer, songwriter and record producer, Rodrigo Serrão has developed a style with each hand crossing over all the strings to play the entire instrument, exploiting the unified sound offered by the Chapman Stick — beautifully interwoven tapestries of sound emerging.
His music is best described as “deeply rooted in Portuguese cultural tradition”, viewed thru the lenses of the Stick’s unique potential. What this tradition means, historically speaking, is that it has its origins in the convergence between European and North African music, a song born of sailors, denying no influence but forcing everything to be led by a longing poetic feel – the Portuguese way.