Well, I still say that people with certain mental disorders should see a doctor, and this is yet another case of an online radio administrator who, for some reason, decided to ban all radio entertainers on this online station. If…
A member of Porto’s musical movement in the second half of the 80s, Alexandre Garrett began his musical journey in bands with Face Oculta. Benefiting from extensive musical training, the artist never had much trouble integrating into collectives, even being…
Taking its name from a cantata by Johan Sebastian Bach (written as a funeral requiem), Actvs Tragicvs will emerge, during the year 1985, in Almada. Formed by Carlos Vara (vocals and guitar), Pedro Temporão (bass) and Fernado Melancia (drums), they…
Born in Lisbon, Bernardo Devlin took his first steps in music around 1985 when he was part of the projects Lourenço Marques and As Suas Próteses Dançantes or os Electrodomésticos. These collectives already included some of the musicians who were…
A dance group called Osiris, formed by four members living in Lisbon, became one of the first punk music groups in Portugal: Aqui d’El Rock. His first performance as Aqui d’El Rock took place at the Pavilhão do Clube Atlético…
Henrique Vidal is, like many, a big fan and enthusiast of the music made in Portugal and its history. Former FM radio announcer and journalist, he invited Carlos De Castilho to talk to us in more detail about his almost…
Born in Porto, André Indiana is a vocalist, writer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, having gained public exposure in the Portuguese music industry in 2001. With Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or Lenny Kravitz as references, André discovered his artistic streak at an…
Acromanianos come from Bobadela, Loures and emerged in November 1991. Initially made up of Serralha (voice, guitar), Yuki (drums) and JoJó Cadáver (bass), they were joined, shortly afterwards, by a new guitarist , Nuno. At this initial stage, while the…
Mata-Ratos is a band formed in early 1982 in Oeiras, in the suburbs of Lisbon, influenced by British and American punk rock from the late 70s and early 80s. The group formed in 1982. The original lineup included vocalist Jorge…
The Hoje project began in 2009 as an idea from Nuno Gonçalves from The Gift: to bring Amália Rodrigues’ fados to the universe of contemporary pop. After taking as a starting point a musical arrangement of the classic “Gaivota”, Gonçalves…
Source: underreviewcopy.blogspot.com The leader of the Pedro e os Apostolos project, Pedro de Freitas Branco, played his first chords on a Fender Telecaster owned by his father, Luís de Freitas Branco, who belonged to Claves. In 1988 he formed a…
Pedro e Os Lobos is the solo project of Portuguese musician Pedro Galhoz, founded in the city of Almada in 2010. Marked by an indie rock sound, with guitars as the central figure of the compositions, Pedro e Os Lobos…
Portuguese music is rich and diverse, reflecting the country’s history and geographical location. It includes many different styles and genres, which can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music, and popular music. In traditional/folk music, Fado has had a…
It was at the end of the 90s that the first Portuguese romantic duo emerged – Miguel and André, who, from the beginning of their musical journey, were successful. In 1998, the first album sold 120 thousand copies, which was…
Source: madeinportugalmusica.pt We associate music with many moments in our lives – that moment when we saw our great love for the first time, the song that played when we received that phone call, or the song we chose to…
Ana Free, stage name of Ana Gomes Ferreira (Lisbon, June 29, 1987), is a Portuguese singer and songwriter, who has had a series of Top 5 singles, including a number 1 in Portugal. She is a growing musical presence on…
EZ Special is a Portuguese musical group formed in 2000, in Santa Maria da Feira. EZ Special took two years to compose, record and present Partizan Pop, their first album. They presented it to the press on the 22nd and…
In 1993, in Porto, Rui Fernandes, ex-member of Ban and Zero, joined Pedro Saraiva (ex-Culto da Ira and X-Position) with a view to forming a group in the area of dance music that would take on connotations with funk, pop…
Pedro Khima is one of the most recognized names in contemporary Portuguese music. With a career that spans more than two decades, he has shown his versatility and talent as a singer, songwriter and music producer. In this article, we…
Alberto Índio: a singer who faces pain and hope. Alberto Índio is a Portuguese singer and composer who has a musical career spanning over 20 years. He is known for songs such as “A Noite”, “O Teu Lugar” and “Nada…
It is necessary to invent a new scale, something that can adequately serve to measure the resounding advances that DJ Ride’s career has made since he appeared to show that two platters and a mixing board are tools for building…
D’Arrasar were one of the most popular bands in Portuguese pop in the late 90s and early 2000s. With a young, fun and danceable style, the five boys won the hearts of thousands of fans, especially the female audience. In…
Corpo Diplomático was the first Portuguese new wave band, formed in Lisbon in 1979. They had an ephemeral career with only two record records. Influenced by the new wave movement that emerged at the end of the seventies in England…
Cidália Moreira is a Portuguese singer, actress and fado singer born in Olhão, Portugal, in 1944. She is known as the “gypsy fado singer”. From an early age, she demonstrated her passion for singing and dancing, and this was reflected…
The Sheiks are a Portuguese musical group formed in 1963 by Carlos Mendes, Fernando Chaby, Jorge Barreto and Paulo de Carvalho. Nicknamed the Portuguese Beatles, they played the typical rock’n’roll of the time and of which they were the main…
Toranja was a Portuguese musical group formed by Tiago Bettencourt (voice, guitars and piano), Ricardo Frutuoso (guitars), “Dodi” (bass) and “Rato” (drums). They began as a project by Tiago Bettencourt created after being selected in a competition for the best…
Formed in 1963, in Lisbon, Os Ekos are one of the most important references of what became known as “yé yé”.At the origin of Os Ekos was the vocalist Edmundo Falé, coming from the Baby Twisters, another group from Lisbon,…
Since 1993 he has participated in several festivals where he got some 1st and 2nd places. Through fado he obtained 1st and 3rd places in the Grande Noite de Fado in Porto and Lisbon.
