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…
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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…
April Iyv
Mariana Barreiros Dos Santos Gonçalves, better known for her stage name, April Ivy, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. Since the age of 9, she has been getting a taste of the…
Arte & Ofício
The band Arte & Ofício emerged in 1976, when bassist Sérgio Castro and vocalist António Garcez, two former members of Psico, decided to form a rock group. This initial nucleus…
Rita Redshoes
The history of the Portuguese singer Rita Redshoes in the musical universe began in 1996. At the time, the singer was known as Rita Pereira and played the role of…
Maria José Valério
Maria José Valério Dourado was a Portuguese singer, well known for her love of Sporting Clube de Portugal and for being the interpreter of “Marcha do Sporting”, adopted as the…
Patrícia Candoso
Patrícia Susana Fonseca Candoso, better known as Patrícia Candoso is a Portuguese singer and actress born in Cascais on September 3, 1981 She has a degree in Communication Sciences from…
World Radio Day (Dia Mundial da Rádio)
World Radio Day is celebrated annually on February 13. Now, in an era where social networks, YouTube and Spotify occupy any of our time, is there still room for Radio?…
Valete
Valete, stage name of Keidje Torres Lima, is a Portuguese rapper, of Santomean origin. He began to actively participate in the hip-hop movement in Portugal in 1997. He is known…
Sofia Lisboa
Sofia Lisboa (born in France in 1977) is a Portuguese singer. She was the secondary vocalist of Silence 4. She was born in France, the daughter of Portuguese emigrants, who…
David Fonseca
Source: FNAC David Fonseca is one of the most charismatic voices in Portuguese music. Born in Leiria, his name is inseparable from that of the band he voiced, the group…
António Sergio – The Radio Broadcaster
Since I’m passionate about radio and since I was a little boy I’ve always listened to shows like A Hora Do Lobo and others by António Sérgio, today we’re going…
Royalistick
Born on February 4, 1982, in Lisbon, Royalistick started living and breathing Hip Hop at the age of 16. First, he started with mixtapes (DJ Sas, DJ Madkutz), participated in…
Bizarra Locomotiva
Precursors of Industrial music in our country, Bizarra Locomotiva are today the main reference of the genre in the Portuguese music scene. Its history dates back to 1993, when Rui…
Carolina Deslandes
Maria Carolina Martinez Deslandes is a Portuguese singer and songwriter born in Lisbon, August 27, 1991. Singer and composer, Carolina Deslandes is one of the references in national music. At…
Agir
Bernardo Correia Ribeiro de Carvalho Costa, better known as Agir, is a Portuguese singer, record producer and musician born in Lisbon on March 18, 1988. He is one of the…
