Anabela Duarte was part of W.C. Porno, a group led by Farinha, which participated in the 1st edition of the Só-Rock festival (Coimbra, 1981). Still with Farinha, she was in...
Desgarrada, is a popular song in which the singers improvise, challenging and responding to each other, usually to the sound of a concertina. In addition to "Desgarradas", they are also...
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...
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”,...
Are you looking for new music genres to add to your playlist? Look no further than Portugal, a country rich in musical history and diversity. From traditional fado to modern...
The international opinion about Portuguese Music is that it’s Fado. Since 1939, when Amália Rodrigues, wowed audience wordwide with the songs of the urban poor fado has been the internationally...
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...
Also known as Portuguese Hip Hop, this genre arrived in the Portuguese country in the 80s, but became much more popular in the following decade. At first, the style invaded...
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...
Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar...