Month August 2023

Corpo Diplomático

Corpo Diplomático was the first Portuguese new wave band, formed in Lisbon in 1979. They had an ephemeral career with only two record records. Influenced by the new wave movement that emerged at the end of the seventies in England…

Cidália Moreira

Cidália Moreira is a Portuguese singer, actress and fado singer born in Olhão, Portugal, in 1944. She is known as the “gypsy fado singer”. From an early age, she demonstrated her passion for singing and dancing, and this was reflected…

Sheiks

The Sheiks are a Portuguese musical group formed in 1963 by Carlos Mendes, Fernando Chaby, Jorge Barreto and Paulo de Carvalho. Nicknamed the Portuguese Beatles, they played the typical rock’n’roll of the time and of which they were the main…

Toranja – Tiago Bettencourt

Toranja was a Portuguese musical group formed by Tiago Bettencourt (voice, guitars and piano), Ricardo Frutuoso (guitars), “Dodi” (bass) and “Rato” (drums). They began as a project by Tiago Bettencourt created after being selected in a competition for the best…

Os Ekos

Formed in 1963, in Lisbon, Os Ekos are one of the most important references of what became known as “yé yé”.At the origin of Os Ekos was the vocalist Edmundo Falé, coming from the Baby Twisters, another group from Lisbon,…

Cocktail

Cocktail was a Portuguese pop band in the 1970s. It was one of the first national girl bands. Names such as Rita Ribeiro, Maria Viana, Ágata and Lena Coelho passed through the group. The group recorded songs by Tozé Brito,…

Sandro G

Source: last.fm Sandro G. was born in Sao Miguel Acores, the islands of portugal. His family immegrated to the united states when Sandro was 9 years old, as a child Sandro used hip hop music to learn the english language.…

Tentações

As Tentações was a Portuguese girl band formed in Lisbon, Portugal in 1996 by singer, songwriter and producer Tony Carreira. The band, made up of Sofia, Carla Janeiro, Dulce Areia, Nicole Quartin and Sónia Brazão, released their first album, Entrega…

seBENTA

seBENTA are a Portuguese rock band. The project began in 2004 and features Paulecas (bass and vocals), André Fadista (drums), Ricko (guitars) His first album released was “O Beijo” in 2006, produced by Flak (Rádio Macau and Micro Audio Waves).…

Cascais Garage Radio Show

Every Friday @ 6pm (PT/UK)

The radio show “Cascais Garage” is the meeting point for Portuguese Pop and Rock music.In this weekly program presented by Cláudio Silva, emerging projects in the national music scene are presented, with the main emphasis on national garage bands. If…

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