mARCIANO
mARCIANO is the solo project of Marciano Homem de Marte, a musician from Leiria. His musical career began in the world of rock, but it was in the electronic pop language that he found his true artistic expression. In 2017,…
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“Tim” from Xutos
António Manuel Lopes dos Santos, better known as Tim or Tim dos Xutos (Ferreira do Alentejo, April 14, 1960) is a Portuguese musician, singer, composer, bassist, guitarist and one of the founders of Xutos & Pontapés. He was also part…
Fadomorse
It would not be very expected that one of the most interesting projects mixing the concepts of pop and traditional music would have taken place in Mirandela, but perhaps this is one of the great Portuguese prejudices, that of expecting…
Sitiados
Os Sitiados were a Portuguese band from the 1990s, under the leadership of João Aguardela, known for songs such as Esta Vida de Marinheiro and Vamos ao Circo. In 1987, José Resende (guitar), João Aguardela (vocals) and Mário Miranda (bass),…
Amor Electro
Amor Electro is a Portuguese band formed in Lisbon in 2010. They mix rock music (with some electronic elements) with traditional Portuguese music (...)
IMAGICA
IMAGICA is a Ukrainian – Portuguese Cinematic Arena Dance Metal band | art project, founded by Ukrainian professional film director, musician and songwriter Victor Maslyaev and Portuguese composer and guitar player David Uricchio. The project is conceived as a combination…
Persona 77
The path of Daniel, Henrique, Pedro and Filipe began in 2017, with the release of the single A Solução. Establishing themselves as an indie band navigating the waters of alternative rock, their sound mixes several different influences that come together…
FBO
FBO, band from Cascais formed in June 2019 composed by André Reis (Author, Composer, Producer, Drums and Voice, Luís Fernandes (Keyboards), David Uricchio (Guitar) and Isa Rodrigues (author and manager) in its structural and which has one big objective: to…
Os Quatro E Meia
Os Quatro e Meia (loose translation: “The Four and A Half”) are a band from Coimbra, Portugal. The band emerged in 2013, after a successful performance by a group of university students from Coimbra in a show to raise funds…
DAMA (D.A.M.A.)
D.A.M.A (acronym for the expression Deixa-me Aclarar-te a Mente Amigo stylized as D.Δ.M.A or DAMA) is a Portuguese pop band, from Lisbon. The band, officially formed in 2008, achieved success in 2013/14, and can be considered one of the most…
Miguel & André
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…
EZ Special
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…
Chinchilas
Source: Luís Pinheiro de Almeida / guedelhudos.blogspot.com Chinchilas (1967): Filipe Mendes, 20 years old, soloist, Alfredo José, 19 years old, bass, José Machado, 18 years old, keyboardist, and Vítor Mamede, 17 years old, drummer. A pioneering group of psychedelic rock…
Virgem Suta
The Virgin Suta are Nuno Figueiredo and Jorge Benvinda. In June 2009 they released the eponymous album which was produced by Hélder Gonçalves. The song Linhas Cruzadas was featured on the soundtrack of the Portuguese soap opera Olhos nos Olhos.The…
Os Azeitonas
Os Azeitonas is a Portuguese pop rock band from Porto, formed in 2002. The band consists of Mário Marlon Brandão (vocalist), Luísa Nena Barbosa (vocalist) and João Salsa Salcedo (vocalist and keyboard). The set has released five full-length albums and…
Pop music in Portugal
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 popular genre from Portugal. Nowadays her younger heirs like Mariza,…
Arte & Ofício
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 is joined by Álvaro Azevedo (ex-Pop Five Music Inc), on…
RAMP
The R.A.M.P. are a Portuguese thrash metal band, formed in 1988, in the municipality of Seixal. Of the classic elements of the formation, only Ricardo Mendonça (guitar) and Rui Duarte (vocals) remain. With 9 released albums, R.A.M.P. prove to be…
Banda Do Casaco
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 Linhares (keyboards) joined former Música Novarum Nuno Rodrigues (vocalist, guitar)…
Flor-De-Lis
Flor de Lis is a Portuguese folk music group which represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, following their victory in the 45th edition of Festival da Canção, with the song “Todas as ruas do amor”…
Fingertips
Fingertips are a pop rock band from Portugal formed in 2002. They launched their debut album “All ‘Bout Smoke ‘n Mirrors” in 2003 and achieved #1 on radio airplay with the first single “Melancholic Ballad” where it also included “Picture…
Censurados
Censurados formed in 1988, by João Ribas (ex-Kú de Judas and vocalist), Orlando Cohen (ex-Peste & Sida and guitarist), Fred Valsassina (bassist) and Samuel Palitos (drummer), and is one of the essential bands of Portuguese Rock of the 90s decade. The…
Belle Chase Hotel
Belle Chase Hotel is a Portuguese music band, originally from Coimbra, formed in 1995. The project was born at the end of 1995. The name was taken from a tragic passage in the film Down by Law by Jim Jarmush,…
Trovante
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 music. In 1977 they recorded their first album Chão Nosso,…
GNR
GNR (acronym for Grupo Novo Rock) is a Portuguese pop rock band, formed in Porto, in 1980, by Alexandre Soares (vocals and guitar), Vitor Rua (guitar) and Tóli César Machado (drums). Despite the fact that the group emerged with the…
Per7ume
Per7ume (read “Perfume”) is a Portuguese pop-rock band formed on the 7th of July 2007 in the city of Porto. The formation is referred to by the band as having been on 07/07/07, (7th of July 2007), in the city…
Filarmónica Gil
Filarmónica Gil is a Portuguese band, led by renowned musician and composer João Gil (Trovante, Ala dos Namorados, Rio Grande and Cabeças no Ar). It was on completing 25 years of career and after an invitation to João Gil, by…
Unknown Portuguese Bands, and Some That We Never Eard About
Today’s article is a little different because it won’t just talk about a single band as I’ve been doing so far, but it will show several songs or groups that I personally have never heard of, or maybe I’ve heard…