Name: Joseph Luz

Where you were born: I was born in New Bedford Massachusetts

Where do you reside: I reside in Dartmouth Massachusetts

Where were your parents from? My parents are from Saint Michael, Azores

What do you do – Could be your career or what you do for the community? I work at my recording studio I record local artists and perform with my family band LUZ ETERNA

What is your favorite song? Show? Movie?: I have no favorite song there are to many that I love and I Barely watch movies

What is your favorite quote or saying? Favorite quote “ONE LOVE”

What is one of your dreams? My dream is to keep making music with my family until I’m old

What is one of your fears? One of my fears is to disrespect the creator GOD

What is an interesting fact about you? Interesting fact about me I play all instruments except for woodwind instruments

As someone who works in music, how long have you been in the industry and explain what it is that you do? I been into music since I was seven years old and kept on growing in the music working with artists in the studio and different live bands one of my first band was with my father brother two sisters and I called MAR E SOL when I was 13 years of age now it’s with my children 3rd generation

Where can we listen to your music? You can listen to some of our music that we post Every now and then on Facebook JOSEPH LUZ currently working on the Band page

What is the best part of making music? The best part of making music is meeting new people and the positive reaction we get from playing out live

What is your favorite Portuguese dish and or dessert? Favorite Portuguese dish is shrimp Mozambique favorite dessert is Natas

What is your favorite Portuguese saying or word, if you know of any? My favorite Portuguese saying is Deus o abençoe

Name three of your favorite places you have visited? Favorite places I have visited – Azores is the only place I visited

Is there anywhere you’d like to travel to? I would like to travel to Jamaica because I love reggae music

Name something off of your “bucket list”: Something off my bucket list to travel the world and play music in various places

What advice do you give someone going through a hard time?: Advice to anyone going through a hard time remember to keep your head up because the loving God has your back

Marisa Silva Rocha is a very talented fadista and a cultural activist in the Portuguese-American community in California. We are happy to feature these weekly segments here on Novidades (the islands and the diaspora by Bruma Publications-PBBI, Fresno State).