The magazine "Rock em Portugal" was the only publication that dedicated itself to the phenomenon of Portuguese rock before the "boom" that took place in the 80s of the 20th...
The beginningThe story of Ibéria begins in Baixa da Banheira in 1978, when 3 kids aged 10/11 started playing guitar. João Alexandre Marques, João Sérgio Reis and Toninho, had the...
BIOGRAPHY Vítor Manuel Ferreira Rua was born in Mesão Frio on July 23, 1961. Between 1976 and 1977, he was part of the group King Fisher's Band (Porto's formation of...
Minas & Armadilhas was one of the first Portuguese punk rock bands, formed in Lisbon in 1978. They had an ephemeral career and did not leave any record. Considered one...
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...
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...
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...
Cocktail was a Portuguese pop band in the 1970s. It was one of the first national girl bands. Names such as Rita Ribeiro, Maria Viana, Ágata and Lena Coelho passed...
António Calvário da Paz was born in Mozambique on the 17th of October 1938. He came to the Metropolis, more precisely to Portimão, at the age of 8. Then he...
The band Arte & Ofício emerged in 1976, when bassist Sérgio Castro and vocalist António Garcez, two former members of Psico, decided to form a rock group. This initial nucleus...
Since I'm passionate about radio and since I was a little boy I've always listened to shows like A Hora Do Lobo and others by António Sérgio, today we're going...
João Eduardo Salomé Vieira was born in the village of Redondo on May 17, 1947. His father was a goldsmith and an excellent singer who always encouraged his children to...
The group emerged in 1985 in the city of Porto. In an interview with the Porto fanzine "Ressaca Viciosa" they stated that their goals were "to have fun, earn a...
Banda do Casaco (Portugal, 1974 -1984) was a Portuguese progressive rock and folk band. After the commercial failure of the Filarmónica Fraude project, António Avelar de Pinho (vocalist) and Luís...
Luís Fernando Castelo Branco Cília OL (born February 1, 1943 in Nova Lisboa, Angola) is a Portuguese composer and performer. Luís Cília is an intervention singer who, while in exile...
Maria Ermelinda Oliveira Duarte (Lourenço Marques, October 6, 1946) is a Portuguese singer, actress and dubber. In 1969 she joined TEL – Teatro Estúdio de Lisboa. In 1970 she played...
Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, better known by Simone de Oliveira, is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born in Lisbon to a mother with roots in São Tomé...
One of the greatest romantic singers in our country. Tony de Matos marked an era with his presence on stage and his sweet voice, a true crooner and a fado...
Times change, wills change, announced José Mário Branco in his first album, released in 1971 in France, where he was in exile. This album, with poems by Natália Correia, Alexandre...
Trovante started in the summer of 1976 in Sagres, when a group of friends (João Nuno Represas, Luís Represas, Manuel Faria, João Gil and Artur Costa) got together to make...