Portugal Music

GNR (acronym for Grupo Novo Rock) is a Portuguese pop rock band, formed in Porto, in 1980, by Alexandre Soares (vocals and guitar), Vitor Rua (guitar) and Tóli César Machado…

Braindead were a Portuguese band formed in Almada in 1988. Before Da Weasel, João Nobre founded and played guitar in Braindead, a band from Almada that started out playing thrash…

The life and work of António Variações (born António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro) follow the apotheotic-apocalyptic trend of many of the great media figures of the 20th century: a period of…

Roxigénio began their activities in 1980, led by António Garcez (from Porto’s Arte & Ofício). At the age of 33, Garcez was a figure of Portuguese Rock that did not…

Sérgio Godinho was born in 1945, in Porto. His mother and uncle had had musical training, which influenced him as a child, and his father was, in Sérgio Godinho’s description,…

The Go Graal Blues Band was a Portuguese blues rock group formed in 1975 that, contrary to what was usual at the time, sang only in English. The Go Graal…

Helena Maria de Jesus Águas, known as Lena d’Água (Lisbon, June 16, 1956), is a Portuguese singer and author.She was born in Lisbon on June 16, 1956, the first child…

Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra, known only as Rita Guerra is a Portuguese singer. It was in the Azores, where she lived for four years, that she started singing…

Santamaria are a Portuguese Eurodance-style band formed in 1998. The band is originally from Santa Maria de Lamas, in northern Portugal. Selling over 1 million copies, the band has already…

Albertino João Santos Pereira, better known as Beto, (Peniche, December 28, 1967 – Caldas da Rainha, May 23, 2010) was one of the greatest Portuguese romantic singers of his generation.…

Maria Adelaide Mengas Matafome Ferreira, better known as Adelaide Ferreira, is a Portuguese actress and singer. He received training in theater through CENDREV – Centro Dramático de Évora (1976) and…

The Ministars were the first Portuguese children’s music group. The Ministars began as a musical group made up of boys and girls aged between ten and twelve years old, which,…

Carlos Manuel Marques Paião (1 November 1957 in Coimbra – 26 August 1988 in Rio Maior) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. He graduated in Medicine from the University of…

Per7ume (read “Perfume”) is a Portuguese pop-rock band formed on the 7th of July 2007 in the city of Porto. The formation is referred to by the band as having…

The son of divorced parents, he studied at Casa Pia, where he stayed between 1978 and 1989, where he attended the Graphic Arts course and learned music. He was a…

Filarmónica Gil is a Portuguese band, led by renowned musician and composer João Gil (Trovante, Ala dos Namorados, Rio Grande and Cabeças no Ar). It was on completing 25 years…

José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos (2 August 1929 in Aveiro – 23 February 1987 in Setúbal) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. He is also known by the familiar…

Os Onda Choc was a group originally created by singer Ana Faria, in late 1986, after the success of the Ministars that appeared that same year. Ana Faria was a…

The Clã are a Portuguese musical group formed by Fernando Gonçalves, Hélder Gonçalves, Manuela Azevedo, Miguel Ferreira, Pedro Biscaia and Pedro Rito in 1992. 1992-1995 The Clã were formed in…

Born in Beringel, in Beja, in Baixo Alentejo, on November 12, 1949, she was the daughter of Bernardo Soares, born in Vila Nova de Poiares, and adopted by his wife,…

Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso (born 30 July 1957) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called “The father of Portuguese rock” (Portuguese: O pai do rock português), Veloso was a major figure in…

He was born into a family with enormous economic needs, so at the age of 12 he stopped studying and started working to help the family, at UTIC, a car…

Maximiano de Sousa (Sé, Funchal, February 2, 1918 – Algueirão-Mem Martins, Sintra, May 29, 1980), known by the stage name Max, was a Portuguese singer and fado singer. He was…

Tara Perdida is a Portuguese punk rock band, formed on June 10, 1995. Tara Perdida was born as a result of the combination of two projects: on the one hand…