DJ Rui Da Silva
Rui da Silva (born 25 April 1968) is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single “Touch Me” reached number one in the UK in 2001. Rui da Silva started producing house music in 1992, when the disco culture began to…
Music Made in Portugal!
Month March 2022
Manuela Bravo
Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo (Queluz, December 7, 1957), is a Portuguese singer. The first time that Manuela Bravo appeared to the public was when she was 5 years old in a children’s competition at Cinema Éden. Her father,…
DJ Kura
Rúben de Almeida Barbeiro (born August 21, 1987 in Leiria), better known as KURA, is a Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer. Kura has released tracks through labels such as Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings, Flashover Recordings, Musical Freedom, Spinnin’ Records,…
Ana Faria (Queijinhos Frescos)
Anabela de Faria Lucas dos Santos Gomes, better known as Ana Faria (born 18 October 1949 in Nova Lisboa, Angola and passed away on 17 August 2024) was a Portuguese singer and painter. Biography Ana Faria became a reference name…
Maria Guinot
Maria Guinot, with her real name Maria Adelaide Fernandes Guinot Moreno, was born in Lisbon on June 20, 1945 and moved to Almada. Maria Guinot will be related to the singer Maria Emília Guinot, but so far away that they…
Taxi
The Táxi is a Portuguese rock band from Porto by dismemberment of the group Pesquisa. How they Started Taxi were born in Porto in 1979, still as Pesquisa, in a formation that included João Grande (voice), Henrique Oliveira (guitar), Rodrigo…
Hands On Approach
Hands on Approach are a Portuguese pop rock band based in Setúbal. Band members are: João Luís (bass), Rui David (vocals/acoustic guitar) and Sérgio Mendes (lead guitars). Career In early 1996 the band’s vocalist, Rui David, was playing acoustic guitar…
Acoolémia
Alcoolémia is a band from Amora, created in 1992, with the formation of Jorge Miranda (vocals), Manelito (guitar) Pedro Guerreiro (bass), João Miranda (lead guitar) and Hugo Fernandes (drums), with a of composition that was based on rock, varying the…
Buraka Som Sistema
Buraka Som Sistema was a Portuguese band, with Portuguese and Angolan members, whose sound is part of the musical genre Kuduro; His first big hit was with the song “Yah!”, in 2006, with the participation of Petty, followed by another…
DJ Pedro Cazanova
Pedro Penedo, better known as Pedro Cazanova, is a Portuguese house music disc jockey and record producer. Born in Lisbon, Pedro Cazanova achieved mainstream success with his #1 single “Selfish Love” in 2009 and #9 single “My First Luv” in…
Carlos Do Carmo
Carlos do Carmo, stage name of Carlos do Carmo da Ascensão de Almeida (Lisbon, December 21, 1939 – Lisbon, January 1, 2021), was a Portuguese fado singer and performer. Childhood and youth Son of Alfredo de Almeida, a book dealer…
Diva
Diva was a Portuguese band with some success in the 1980s and 1990s. The group was formed in 1985 by Natália Casanova (vocals), Pedro Solaris (guitar), João Vitorino (drums), Diamante (bass) and João Marques (keys) . In November 1985 they…
Ary Dos Santos – Poet
José Carlos Pereira Ary dos Santos (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, December 7, 1936 – Lisbon, Santiago, January 18, 1984) was a Portuguese poet and declaimer. He was in the history of Portuguese music for having written poems for 4…
