Armenio de Melo was born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal in 1953. He is considered one of the best guitar players of fado, recognized…
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Artist Profiles: Dulce Pontes
She could have been a dancer, had the dance school not thought that, at fourteen years of age, she was too old to start a…
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Amélia Muge is one of the greatest singers from Portugal. She sings with a deep and personal passion and she is also a skilled arranger.…
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Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues, better known as Celeste Rodrigues, was born in Alpedrinha, Fundão, on March 14, 1923. She is a veteran fado performer and…
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Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida, better known as Carlos do Carmo, was born on December 21, 1939 in Lisbon’s Mouraria neighborhood. Carlos…
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Lula Pena was born May 15, 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal. Her inventive form of fado and other styles of music has developed a devoted following…
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Ricardo Alexandre Paulo Ribeiro was born August 19, 1981 in Lisbon, Portugal. Ricardo Ribeiro discovered fado at an early age, listening to the big names…
View More Artist Profiles: Ricardo RibeiroClaudia Aurora to Perform in London at Songlines Fado Series
Portuguese vocalist Claudia Aurora is set to perform at the Songlines Fado Series, on Friday, September 29, 2017 at The Pheasantry, Pizza Express in London.…
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Danças Ocultas – Amplitude (Galileo Music, 2016) Danças Ocultas is a Portuguese diatonic accordion quartet that has developed an innovative sound that crosses musical boundaries.…
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Diabo A Sete – Figura de Gente (Sons Vadios, 2016) Figura de Gente is the third album by an excellent Portuguese contemporary folk music band…
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