Da Vinci are a Portuguese pop rock band from the 1980s, composed by Pedro Luís and Iei-Or. The band participated in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Conquistador”. Da Vinci formed in 1982. That year they had great…
Madalena Iglésias, full name Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira Portugal was a Portuguese singer. Born in Lisbon, October 24, 1939 and died in Barcelona, January 16, 2018), was a Portuguese singer. She won the 1966 RTP Festival da…
Pedro Machado Abrunhosa, better known as Pedro Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.(Sé, Porto, December 20, 1960) He began his musical studies more seriously in 1976. He finished the Composition Course at the Conservatory of Music in Porto, after…
Sam The Kid (also known as STK), stage name of Samuel Mira, is a Portuguese rapper and music producer. Samuel Mira fell in love with rap around 1993. The release of his first album, Entre(tanto), in 1999, was influenced by…
Cool Hipnoise is a Portuguese band that merges various styles such as reggae, soul, funk, afrobeat and groove. The band started in 1994 formed by Tiago Santos (guitar), João Gomes and José Canelas (keyboards), Paulo Muiños (saxophones), Nuno Reis (trumpet),…
Boss AC, artistic name of Ângelo César do Rosário Firmino (born in Mindelo, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde, on January 3, 1975), is a Portuguese rapper and singer. He is considered one of the pioneers of Portuguese hip hop. Biography…
Madredeus are a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985, in Lisbon. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado and folk music. Madredeus are one of the most successful music groups from Portugal, having sold over 3 million albums worldwide. 1985–1993:…
IRIS is a Portuguese rock band, of Algarve origin, created in 1979. One of the oldest in Portugal, being part of the history of the National Pop Rock Movement in Portugal. The band IRIS was created in 1979 by four…
Blind Zero are a Portuguese rock band from the city of Porto. They won the 2003 MTV Europe Music Award for the Best Portuguese Act. Blind Zero started out 1994 releasing their first EP, Recognize (1995), which sold out in nine days, and is today a…
Rui da Silva (born 25 April 1968) is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single “Touch Me” reached number one in the UK in 2001. Rui da Silva started producing house music in 1992, when the disco culture began to…
Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo (Queluz, December 7, 1957), is a Portuguese singer. The first time that Manuela Bravo appeared to the public was when she was 5 years old in a children’s competition at Cinema Éden. Her father,…
Rúben de Almeida Barbeiro (born August 21, 1987 in Leiria), better known as KURA, is a Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer. Kura has released tracks through labels such as Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings, Flashover Recordings, Musical Freedom, Spinnin’ Records,…
Anabela de Faria Lucas dos Santos Gomes, better known as Ana Faria (born 18 October 1949 in Nova Lisboa, Angola and passed away on 17 August 2024) was a Portuguese singer and painter. Biography Ana Faria became a reference name…
Maria Guinot, with her real name Maria Adelaide Fernandes Guinot Moreno, was born in Lisbon on June 20, 1945 and moved to Almada. Maria Guinot will be related to the singer Maria Emília Guinot, but so far away that they…
The Táxi is a Portuguese rock band from Porto by dismemberment of the group Pesquisa. How they Started Taxi were born in Porto in 1979, still as Pesquisa, in a formation that included João Grande (voice), Henrique Oliveira (guitar), Rodrigo…
Hands on Approach are a Portuguese pop rock band based in Setúbal. Band members are: João Luís (bass), Rui David (vocals/acoustic guitar) and Sérgio Mendes (lead guitars). Career In early 1996 the band’s vocalist, Rui David, was playing acoustic guitar…
Alcoolémia is a band from Amora, created in 1992, with the formation of Jorge Miranda (vocals), Manelito (guitar) Pedro Guerreiro (bass), João Miranda (lead guitar) and Hugo Fernandes (drums), with a of composition that was based on rock, varying the…
Buraka Som Sistema was a Portuguese band, with Portuguese and Angolan members, whose sound is part of the musical genre Kuduro; His first big hit was with the song “Yah!”, in 2006, with the participation of Petty, followed by another…
Pedro Penedo, better known as Pedro Cazanova, is a Portuguese house music disc jockey and record producer. Born in Lisbon, Pedro Cazanova achieved mainstream success with his #1 single “Selfish Love” in 2009 and #9 single “My First Luv” in…
Carlos do Carmo, stage name of Carlos do Carmo da Ascensão de Almeida (Lisbon, December 21, 1939 – Lisbon, January 1, 2021), was a Portuguese fado singer and performer. Childhood and youth Son of Alfredo de Almeida, a book dealer…
Diva was a Portuguese band with some success in the 1980s and 1990s. The group was formed in 1985 by Natália Casanova (vocals), Pedro Solaris (guitar), João Vitorino (drums), Diamante (bass) and João Marques (keys) . In November 1985 they…
José Carlos Pereira Ary dos Santos (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, December 7, 1936 – Lisbon, Santiago, January 18, 1984) was a Portuguese poet and declaimer. He was in the history of Portuguese music for having written poems for 4…
Susana Félix (born 12 October 1975, in Torres Vedras) is a Portuguese singer, songwriter, musician, actress, producer. In 2006, she was the artistic coordinator of the show Sexta Feira 13 – O Musical Xutos & Pontapés. Susana was also the…
Deolinda is a Portuguese folk music group inspired by fado and its traditional origins. Career The musical project emerged in 2006 when the brothers Pedro da Silva Martins and Luís José Martins (ex-Bicho de 7 Cabeças), their cousin, Ana Bacalhau,…
Primitive Reason are a Portuguese band formed in 1993. Recognized for the fusion of sounds and the experimentalism of their music, they are today one of the main names in the Portuguese alternative scene, with a cult following in this…
Entre Aspas is a Portuguese band that rose to fame in Portuguese Modern Music in the 1990s with a pop rock style. Its sound is often distinguishable due to its vocalist Viviane ‘s characteristic interpretation and pronunciation. The first steps…
Kizomba is one of the most popular genres of dance and music originating from Angola. It is a derivative of semba, with a mix of Kilapanda and Angolan Merengue, and sung generally in Portuguese. It is music with a romantic…
Jafumega is a band from Porto formed at a time when the home-grown music scene in the city was highly dynamic, especially in terms of Portuguese rock music. The group’s history dates back to 1978 when various Porto musicians from…
