Mafalda Arnauth, born in Lisbon in October of 1974, was one of the great new sensations in fado in the late 1990s. She started her…
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Artist Profiles: Misia
Mísia was born in the city of Oporto, where she lived until the end of her adolescence. The daughter of a family with great sociocultural…
View More Artist Profiles: MisiaArtist Profiles: Moçoilas
In Portuguese countryside, “Moçoila” is a common word to designate a young and attractive girl. And these can surely catch their audiences: powerful singing and…
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The group’s purpose is to combine traditional Cante Alentejano (folk music from the Alentejo region of Portugal) with elements from other musical traditions, such as…
View More Artist Profiles: Modas à Margem do TempoArtist Profiles: Pedro Jóia
At the age of seven Pedro Jóia began his classical guitar studies with professor Paulo Valente Pereira at the cademia dos Amadores de Música de…
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Created in 1990, Realejo appeared as a natural consequence of an all effort of investigation and recovery of specific traditional Portuguese musical instruments made by…
View More Artist Profiles: RealejoArtist Profiles: Ricardo Rocha
Ricardo Rocha is unanimously considered the best Portuguese guitar player of his generation. Rocha plays several instruments (Portuguese and classical guitar and piano) and also…
View More Artist Profiles: Ricardo RochaArtist Profiles: Gaiteiros de Lisboa
Gaiteiros de Lisboa is a traditional folk and world music band of multi-talented musicians who got together around a sonorous project that stands on the…
View More Artist Profiles: Gaiteiros de LisboaArtist Profiles: Helder Moutinho
A rising star in the new fado generation, Moutinho became popular in the 1990s after releasing his first album called Sete Fados e Alguns Cantos.…
View More Artist Profiles: Helder MoutinhoArtist Profiles: Joana Amendoeira
Joana Amendoeira is a New Generation fado singer. Through her voice, fado reaches unique, sublime moments, powered by her sensuous and moving harmonies. Amendoeira was…
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