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Artist Profiles: Carlos Do Carmo

Angel Romero November 28, 2018 No Comments Carlos Do CarmofadoPortugalPortuguese music

Portuguese fado star Carlos Do Carmo was born pn December 21, 1939 in Lisbon, Portugal. Carlos Do Carmo is known as “The voice of the…

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Artist Profiles: Custodio Castelo

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Custodio Castelofadoguitarra portuguesaPortugalPortuguese guitarPortuguese music

Custódio Azevedo Fidalgo do Castelo, better known as Custódio Castelo, was born in Almeirim on the 23rd of December 1966. At the age of seven…

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Artist Profiles: Cristina Branco

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Cristina BrancofadoPortugalPortuguese music

Cristina Branco was born on December 28, 1972 in in the village of Almeirim, Portugal. Her grandfather had fled the dictatorship of Salazar and she…

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Artist Profiles: Dazkarieh

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments DazkariehPortugalPortuguese musicworld fusion

Dazkarieh is a musical project that seeks to create a new language through a diversity of rhythms, timbres and melodies using traditional instruments from many…

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Artist Profiles: Duarte

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments DuartefadoPortugalPortuguese music

Duarte is a psychologist and Fado singer born in 1980 in the town of Arraiolos, district of Evora, Portugal. From the age of 7 until…

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Artist Profiles: Ana Lains

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Ana LainsfadoPortugalPortuguese music

Born in 1979 in Tomar, Portugal, Ana Lains began singing from early age and always had eclectic musical tastes, from jazz to bossa nova. In…

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Artist Profiles: Ana Moura

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 2 Comments Ana MourafadoPortugalPortuguese music

Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira, better known as Ana Moura, was born September 17, 1979 in Santarem, the bustling capital of the Ribatejo province in the…

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Artist Profiles: Antonio Chainho

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Antonio ChainhoPortugalPortuguese guitarPortuguese music

Antonio Chainho was born in 1938 in Santiago do Cacém, Portugal. He is a Portuguese musician who has been dedicating his career to the Portuguese…

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Artist Profiles: Armenio de Melo

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Armenio de MeloPortugalPortuguese guitarPortuguese music

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

Angel Romero November 26, 2018 No Comments Dulce PontesfadoPortugalPortuguese music

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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