Filarmónica Gil
Filarmónica Gil is a Portuguese band, led by renowned musician and composer João Gil (Trovante, Ala dos Namorados, Rio Grande and Cabeças no Ar). It was on completing 25 years of career and after an invitation to João Gil, by…
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Zeca Afonso
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos (2 August 1929 in Aveiro – 23 February 1987 in Setúbal) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. He is also known by the familiar diminutive of Zeca Afonso, although he never used this stage…
Onda Choc
Os Onda Choc was a group originally created by singer Ana Faria, in late 1986, after the success of the Ministars that appeared that same year. Ana Faria was a remarkable name for people who grew up in the 80’s…
Clã
The Clã are a Portuguese musical group formed by Fernando Gonçalves, Hélder Gonçalves, Manuela Azevedo, Miguel Ferreira, Pedro Biscaia and Pedro Rito in 1992. 1992-1995 The Clã were formed in November 1992 by the hand of Hélder Gonçalves (piccolo bass…
Cândida Branca Flor
Born in Beringel, in Beja, in Baixo Alentejo, on November 12, 1949, she was the daughter of Bernardo Soares, born in Vila Nova de Poiares, and adopted by his wife, Serafina Coelho, born in Moura. She attended singing lessons with…
Rui Veloso
Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso (born 30 July 1957) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called “The father of Portuguese rock” (Portuguese: O pai do rock português), Veloso was a major figure in the boom of Portuguese rock music in the 1980s. His debut album Ar…
Rodrigo
He was born into a family with enormous economic needs, so at the age of 12 he stopped studying and started working to help the family, at UTIC, a car parts company. Later he joined the National Shipping Company where…
Maximiano de Sousa (Max)
Maximiano de Sousa (Sé, Funchal, February 2, 1918 – Algueirão-Mem Martins, Sintra, May 29, 1980), known by the stage name Max, was a Portuguese singer and fado singer. He was one of the most popular stars of Portuguese radio, theater,…
Tara Perdida
Tara Perdida is a Portuguese punk rock band, formed on June 10, 1995. Tara Perdida was born as a result of the combination of two projects: on the one hand João Ribas, who after the end of Censurados wanted to…
Ban
Ban is a Portuguese pop/dance/rock band formed in 1981. Ban is a band from Porto that was formed in 1981. Initially they intended to be a New Wave and Ska band and their name was Bananas. In 1983, the band…
Seda
SEDA is a Portuguese musical project formed in 2009, with the release of an album of versions of Portuguese music from the 1980s. The project consists of Gabriela Barros, on vocals, Miguel Ângelo Majer on drums, programming and vocals, and…
Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues, was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and actress. Known as the ‘Rainha do Fado’ (“Queen of Fado”), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado…
Linda Martini
Linda Martini is a Portuguese rock band with post-rock and punk influences. Linda Martini was born in 2003 and is a rock band. Its current formation comprises 4 of its 5 founding members – André Henriques, Cláudia Guerreiro, Hélio Morais…
