Source: RUN – Repositório Universidade NovaEditores: Andrade, Ricardo Miguel Bernardes “This dissertation addresses the various musical, editorial and promotional processes that characterized the so-called “boom of Portuguese rock” of the early 1980s, an expression that is commonly used to designate…
Source: timeout.pt Do you like listening to good music, accompanied by a cocktail or a glass of wine? So gather your friends and pay a visit to one of these bars to listen to live music in Porto. Pay attention…
Roberto Leal, stage name of António Joaquim Fernandes, (Macedo de Cavaleiros, 27 November 1951 — São Paulo, 15 September 2019) was a Portuguese singer, composer and actor based in Brazil. He was considered an ambassador of Portuguese culture in Brazil.…
Avelino Vaz Maia (Lisbon, February 25, 1988), also known as Nininho Vaz Maia or Nininho, is a Portuguese singer and composer. Nininho Vaz Maia gained great public prominence from 2019 onwards, especially through the YouTube platform. His songs “Cola-te a…
Source: timeout.pt Music, when played live, is something else. We leave you with a range of places to listen to music in Lisbon. Good music. There’s a lot to be said for the places we go out at night, especially…
Cante Alentejano is a traditional musical genre from Alentejo, Portugal. Cante was never the only expression of traditional music in Alentejo, in fact it is more typical of Baixo Alentejo than Alto. Instrumental forms of music have always coexisted with…
Portugal Music is to be congratulated today on completing its 2nd anniversary! During the previous year we were able to share several Portuguese bands and singers with the world and try to make this site a place where the greatest…
Resistência, one of the most emblematic formations of Portuguese music from the first half of the 90s, a super-group responsible for some unforgettable successes. The voices and guitars of Tim, Pedro Ayres, Fernando Cunha, Olavo Bilac and Miguel Angelo, together…
As you all know, on this Portuguese music blog we don’t just talk about our music and our artists. We also talk about the best (or worst) web radios, and all of them for obvious reasons. Today we are going…
Source: museudofado.pt Ana Laíns sings for the first time in public at the age of 6. Born in Tomar, she discovered her talent for music at an early age and at the age of 15 she sang her first fado…
Os Quatro e Meia (loose translation: “The Four and A Half”) are a band from Coimbra, Portugal. The band emerged in 2013, after a successful performance by a group of university students from Coimbra in a show to raise funds…
Essa Entente is a Portuguese pop/rock band formed by Paulo Riço (vocals and acoustic guitar), Paulo Sousa (electric guitar) and Paulo Neto (drums), and Manuel Machado (accordion), who were joined by bassist Jorge Pamplona, ex. Toranja, and keyboardist António Bragança.…
Today completely anonymous, LINHA GERAL was one of the most promising projects in modern Portuguese music and one of those that best managed to convey its vision to a studio recording without losing anything in the process. Intervention music strongly…
Iodo were one of the ephemeral cases of what became known as the “boom” of Portuguese Rock in the 80s. It all started with Rui Veloso’s “Chico Fininho” which opened the door to many groups who didn’t want to miss…
Fonzie is a Portuguese rock band from Lisbon. The band was formed in 1996. It consisted of vocalist and guitarist Hugo Maia, guitarist David Marques, bass guitarist Carlos Teixeira, and drummer João Marques. The band was nominated for “Best Portuguese…
D.A.M.A (acronym for the expression Deixa-me Aclarar-te a Mente Amigo stylized as D.Δ.M.A or DAMA) is a Portuguese pop band, from Lisbon. The band, officially formed in 2008, achieved success in 2013/14, and can be considered one of the most…
Maria Helena Gentil do Carmo, better known as Lenita Gentil (Marinha Grande, August 6, 1948), is a Portuguese fado singer. Lenita started singing in public at the age of 5. At the age of 16, she made her debut at…
Ada Antunes Pereira was born in the parish of Castelo which led her to adopt the stage name of Ada de Castro, a synonymous of her neighbourhood of birth. She began her artistic career as an amateur actress at Grupo…
Today is December 1st and Christmas is just around the corner. With it come gifts, the hustle and bustle of shopping, family gatherings, food, and of course, our Christmas music made in Portugal. As everyone knows, we have a lot…
Terra a Terra were a Portuguese musical group with a traditional repertoire. Its activity extended from 1977 to 1984. Formed in 1977, at the time under the name “Terra Sem Amos”, Terra a Terra belong to the gallery of different…
Ricardo Dias de Lima Ventura da Costa, better known as Richie Campbell (Caxias, November 25, 1986), is a Portuguese Reggae, Dancehall and R&B singer. He is one of the most successful Portuguese artists of the 2010s and his repertoire consists…
Faíscas were the first Portuguese punk rock band, formed in Lisbon, in 1977, by Paulo Pedro Gonçalves, Pedro Ayres Magalhães, Jorge Lee and Emanuel Ramalho. They introduced an innovative musical style to Portugal, based on the power of reducing rock…
In the careers of artists of the so-called Portuguese light music, history is written in the most diverse ways. However, whether we like it or not, success is always measured in the same way – public support and recognition. In…
Sources: CNC / Patrimatic / e-cultura.pt / Lino Mendes Type of Heritage:Intangible Heritage As early as 1878, Folklore was recognized internationally as “traditional knowledge, the untold history of a people”, first to refer to the traditions, customs and superstitions of…
Initially created in 1979 as a trio called Dia d’Água, formed by Lena d’Afgua (voice), Luís Pedro Fonseca (keys, ex-Chinchilas) and Zé da Ponte (bass, ex-Homo Sapiens) they recorded a children’s album entitled “What is the Thing? What is It?”…
José Salvador and António Salvador, two brothers, born in Beja and emigrated to the Netherlands in the early 80s, and Rik Zwann created Mundo de Aventuras, an openly pop band. Initially they were called Zero Return and it was under…
Sindicato were created at the end of the 1960s. This project was practically a “who’s who” of national rock at the time. Ricardo Levy and Júlio Gomes (guitars), Edmundo Falé (vocals, ex-Ekos and Conjunto Mistério), João Maló (guitar, ex-Chinchilas), Eduardo…
Formed in Arganil in 1994 by Artur (aka Tua, drums, ex-Tusa Lusa and CTN), José Moreira (guitar, ex-Tusa Lusa and CTN), João (vocals, guitar, ex-CTN), Nuno de Santa Maria (bass, ex-Tusa Lusa) and Eduardo Elias (accordion), Mau Maria aimed to…
