Norberto Lobo, a Lisbon musician, releases “Mudar de Bina”, his debut solo album. The record is almost entirely centered on the sound of the acoustic guitar, highlighting Norberto Lobo’s expressive and interpretive skills as a guitarist. In an era of…
“Opinião Pública” is considered Portugal’s first power pop band. Formed in Lisbon in July 1980, the band took advantage of the Portuguese rock boom in the early 1980s to popularize the power pop style in Portugal, with influences from new…
Formed in 1988 in Lisbon, Corrosão Caótica began their musical journey with Rui on drums and Miguel (also known as Zé Gato) on bass. Initially, they had the collaboration of Penas on vocals and Cruche on guitar, rehearsing in a…
The RRV was considered one of the most important spaces for Rock music in Portugal during the 1980s, and is now remembered as a mythical place for Rock music in Portugal. It was located in the former Universal cinema, at…
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 Rui Vieira Nery states that “the only reliable information on…
