The story of the lead singer from Sunk Ships in her own words. Lisbon, June 1933. The wind off the river carries the scent of salt and diesel into the Café Luzitânia, a sanctuary for dockworkers, sailors, and shadows. Enter Mica Nolasco, a ‘new lark’ exiled from Macau, who sings Fado to survive in a…

The Band Sunk Ships is a resurrection of Lisbon’s forgotten underground. At the turn of the 19th century, anonymous poets in the Bairro Alto wrote obscene, hilarious, and deeply human sonnets collected in the Cancioneiro do Bairro-Alto (Songs of the Bairro Alto). They wrote testimonies of sex, vice, and survival in the backstreets. Once performed…