“Letra Para Um Hino” (Lyrics to an Anthem), Francisco Fanhais Recorded in Rome in 1975, República was not released in Portugal. And it's a shame. José Afonso and Francisco Fanhais...
“Grândola, Vila Morena”, José Afonso José Afonso's music is already so digested by our collective memory that, when we listen to an album of his, we listen to what we...
Maria Severa is, perhaps, the first fado icon in Portugal. She only lived for 26 years – from 1820 to 1846 –, but Maria Severa Onofriana, her full name, revolutionized...
Well, I still say that people with certain mental disorders should see a doctor, and this is yet another case of an online radio administrator who, for some reason, decided...
A member of Porto's musical movement in the second half of the 80s, Alexandre Garrett began his musical journey in bands with Face Oculta. Benefiting from extensive musical training, the...
Taking its name from a cantata by Johan Sebastian Bach (written as a funeral requiem), Actvs Tragicvs will emerge, during the year 1985, in Almada. Formed by Carlos Vara (vocals...
Where to start? For fans of xat.com rooms, this is one of those articles we put on this blog where we uncover the "rotten things" of web radios, and we're...
Born in Lisbon, Bernardo Devlin took his first steps in music around 1985 when he was part of the projects Lourenço Marques and As Suas Próteses Dançantes or os Electrodomésticos....
A dance group called Osiris, formed by four members living in Lisbon, became one of the first punk music groups in Portugal: Aqui d'El Rock. His first performance as Aqui...
Henrique Vidal is, like many, a big fan and enthusiast of the music made in Portugal and its history. Former FM radio announcer and journalist, he invited Carlos De Castilho...
Born in Porto, André Indiana is a vocalist, writer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, having gained public exposure in the Portuguese music industry in 2001. With Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or Lenny...
Acromanianos come from Bobadela, Loures and emerged in November 1991. Initially made up of Serralha (voice, guitar), Yuki (drums) and JoJó Cadáver (bass), they were joined, shortly afterwards, by a...
Mata-Ratos is a band formed in early 1982 in Oeiras, in the suburbs of Lisbon, influenced by British and American punk rock from the late 70s and early 80s. The...