Dealema
Dealema is one of the oldest Portuguese hip hop groups. Formed in the 90s, with members from Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, it was born from the merger of…
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Urb
BIOGRAPHY Urb was formed by vocalist João Alexandre (Chana), guitarist José Garcia (Zezé), drummer António Garcia (Nini) and bassist Rodrigo Pacheco (Chói). They participated in the II contest of modern…
RTP Song Festival
The Festival da Canção, also known as Festival RTP da Canção, initially called the Grande Prêmio TV da Canção Portuguesa, is an annual contest promoted by Rádio e Televisão de…
April 25th and Portuguese Music
Celebrating April 25th: The Music of Portugal April 25th, also known as the Carnation Revolution, marks the day when Portugal transitioned from a dictatorship to a democratic government in 1974.…
Flávio Com F de Folha
Group from São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve that formed in 1988 with the aim of participating in the Modern Music Competition of Rock Rendez Vous. The group was formed by…
Doutores & Engenheiros
The Doctors & Engineers group was formed in Algés. The vocalist was Xana, the guitarist Luís Moreno joined in 1986 and Ilídio Praia was one of the names that came…
Dora
A family friend encouraged her to participate in the selection contest for the Portuguese Cinderella, she did not win the contest but those responsible for selecting the candidates liked the…
Ana e as Suas Irmãs
In 1988, RTP changed the formula for choosing the song representing the Eurofestival. He invited five composers and the sixth song would be the winner of the National Music Award.…
Ava Inferi
Ava Inferi is another name from the Portuguese scene that achieved a certain prominence worldwide, but unfortunately, they ended their activities in 2013. Despite the considerable short time of activity…
5 Must-Listen Music Genres That Will Make Your Heart Sing
Are you looking for new music genres to add to your playlist? Look no further than Portugal, a country rich in musical history and diversity. From traditional fado to modern…
Pop music in Portugal
The international opinion about Portuguese Music is that it’s Fado. Since 1939, when Amália Rodrigues, wowed audience wordwide with the songs of the urban poor fado has been the internationally…
Interventional RAP/Hip Hop: Combative as always, feminine as ever
“Who says women can’t rap?” asks Mynda Guevara in one of her songs. It has always been an artistic area dominated by men and sometimes linked to a misogynistic discourse,…
Protest, resistence and revolution songs in Portugal. What are they?
The resistance songs or protest songs, considered after the April 1974 revolution as intervention songs, are made up of poems and songs denouncing a present of repression and arise as…
Carolina De Deus
Carolina de Deus is a 21-year-old singer and songwriter, a girl who is originally from Lisbon.Self-taught on the piano, at the age of 18, she took her first steps in…
What is actually… música Pimba?
Pimba is a Portuguese term misused to qualify a variety of Portuguese popular music, often with a sonority based on Portuguese folk music, whose lyrics often derive from metaphors with…
António Mourão
António Mourão, artistic name of António Manuel Dias Pequerrucho, (Montijo, June 3, 1935 – Lisbon, October 19, 2013) was a Portuguese fado singer. Interpreter of the well-known theme “Ó Tempo…
General D
Sérgio Matsinhe (Lourenço Marques, October 28, 1971), better known as General D, is a Portuguese rapper of Mozambican descent and one of the precursors of Rap and Hip hop in…
Líderes da Nova Mensagem (Leaders of the New Message)
“Lideres da Nova Mensagem” were a Portuguese hip-hop band from Almada, from the late eighties and early nineties. Formed by MC Nilton, Pio MC, Beat Box King, Hugo Costa (Cyber…
Chullage
Chullage, artistic name of Nuno Santos, is a Portuguese rapper son of Cape Verdean parents. Activist and administrator of a social support association in Arrentela. He currently has three albums…
Capicua
Capicua was born in Porto in the 80’s, discovers Hip Hop culture in the 90’s (first through graffiti and then through music), going from being a mere listener to becoming…
Top+ Portuguese TV Music Show
We’ve always had programs with the latest video clips on RTP, but nothing like the program that debuted in the early 90s and was on the air for over two…
Rão Kyao
Rão Kyao, stage name of João Maria Centeno Gorjão Jorge born in Lisbon, is a Portuguese musician and composer, famous as a bamboo flute and saxophone player. Outstanding musician, virtuous…
Vivámusica – Portuguese TV Music Show
RTP (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa) has always had programs dedicated to music, and in the 80s Vivámúsica was one of the most outstanding. It was a regular company for all music…
Luísa Sobral
Luísa Vilar Braamcamp Sobral born 18 September 1987 is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in 2003 after finishing third in the first season of Ídolos, the…
Salvador Sobral
Salvador Thiam Vilar Braamcamp Sobral born 28 December 1989, is a Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal with the song “Amar pelos dois,” written and…
Blaya
Karla Regina Francelino Rodrigues known by her stage name Blaya, is a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer born in Fortaleza (Brazil) on May 27, 1987. Blaya began her musical activity…
Stereossauro
Stereosauro is the artistic name of Tiago Norte, born on August 12, 1978, in Caldas da Rainha, where he currently lives. His career is marked by the mix between electronic…
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt is a Portuguese guitarist and vocalist, member of the band Extreme, who became famous for his extremely technical solos, his way of playing being greatly influenced by Eddie…
