Category: Popular Portuguese Music

José Reza

Portugal Music

Source: artistasebandas.pt With a long and fulfilling musical career, José Reza is one of the unmissable names in Portuguese music. It was in the 70s when he released his first album, which had musical support from the group 1111 (by José Cid and Tó Zé Brito) and sang alongside Amália Rodrigues in his first television appearance. Songs such as “Meu dear month of August”, “Uma vez na vida”, “És uma brasa”, “Cola-te a mim” are just some of the dozens of songs with a prominent place in the Portuguese songbook.…

Rui Bandeira

Portugal Music

Rui Pedro Neto de Melo Bandeira, better known as Rui Bandeira (Nampula, Mozambique, 25 July 1973), is a Portuguese singer. BiographyRui Bandeira was born in the Portuguese colonial territory of Mozambique, in Nampula, on July 25, 1973. He came to Portugal at the age of 2. He took his first steps in music by learning to play keyboards at a music school in Odivelas, barely eight years old. Around 15, he joined the Maná Church and began composing his first songs within the church. In the following 10 years, until…

Paco Bandeira

Portugal Music

Francisco Veredas Bandeiras (Asunción, Elvas, 2 May 1945), pseudonym Paco Bandeira, is a Portuguese singer and composer. With more than forty years of musical career, he is recognized as one of the representatives of Portuguese popular music. The characteristics of his native region, such as the plains and fields, the interior of the Portuguese province, the border with Extremadura, in Spain, ended up leaving an indelible mark on his music.He entered military service, spending three years in Angola as a first corporal in a broadcast regiment. He learned to play…

Trio Odemira

Portugal Music

Trio Odemira was a Portuguese band founded in 1955. 1955-1967The brothers Júlio and Carlos Costa were still new to Odemira. The group Dois Odemira appeared in 1955, when they won a competition for new talents promoted by the radio program Companheiros da Alegria, by Igrejas Caeiro. That same year, they failed to join Emissora Nacional. They became Trio Odemira with the entry of José Ribeiro, who spent 22 years in the group. The first LP was recorded in 1957 by Valentim de Carvalho, for Columbia. The album they recorded with…