Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On November 14, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.
Rock music and its subgenres are very popular in Portugal. The history of the Portuguese rock music scene spans several decades.
Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer of popular music.
Rui Manuel Gaudêncio VelosoCavIH is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician.
Caetano Veloso is an album released in Brazil in 1969, being the third album by Caetano Veloso, his second solo. It is considered by many one of Veloso's best, and one that represents Tropicália.
A Espuma das Canções is a studio album made by singer Rui Veloso. It was recorded in 2005 in Vale de Lobos, London, Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro. A Espuma das Canções features two editions: a normal and a special limited one with two bonus songs and a DVD extra with a film about the making of a disc and photo galleries.
Nancy Vieira is a Cape Verdean singer who was born in Guinea-Bissau and currently resides in Portugal.
Ar de Rock is Rui Veloso's debut album released in 1980. More than just a revelation by the singer-composer Rui Veloso and a lyricist Carlos Tê, Ar de Rock it was one of the albums which partly captured the zeitgeist of the time.
Fora de Moda is the second studio album by Rui Veloso, released in 1982.
Guardador de Margens is the third album by Rui Veloso, released in 1983.
20 anos depois - Ar de Rock is a compilation album released by Portuguese rock singer Rui Veloso. The album was released in 2000.
Rui Veloso is the fourth album by Rui Veloso, released in late 1986.
Rui Veloso Ao Vivo was Rui Veloso's first live album released on EMI Portugal in late 1988. His next release would be Mingos & Os Samurais released two years later. The album were released on CD and LP and featured four tracks with an original recording with some differences.
Mingos & Os Samurais, or Mingos e Os Samurais, is the fifth studio album by Rui Veloso, released in 1990. It is a concept album that tells the story of a small suburban band during the 1960s and the 1970s.
Auto da Pimenta is the sixth studio by Rui Veloso, released in 1991.
Lado Lunar is the seventh studio by Rui Veloso, release in late 1995.
Avenidas is the Portuguese plural form of avenue
O Concerto Acústico was Rui Veloso's second live album released on EMI Portugal in 2003. The album was released both on CD and DVD. It was recorded live at Estúdios Duvideo except for "Presépio de Lata", "Cavaleiro Andante" and "Primeiro Beijo", recorded live at CCB Lisbon on December 2002 and "Porto Sentido: which was recorded live at the Porto Coliseum on February 2003.
Salvador ThiamVilar Braamcamp SobralComM is a Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois," written and composed by his sister, Luísa Sobral. In doing so, he gave Portugal its first ever win in the contest since its debut in 1964, ending the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history. Sobral and his entry hold the Eurovision record for the highest-scoring winner, having earned a total of 758 points under the current voting system, after winning both the jury vote and televote.
"Un mar de confianza" is the eighth studio album of the Spanish singer-songwriter Luz Casal, released in the last quarter of 1999, after a four years long hiatus due to the death of her father. This is also her fourth and last album with Hispavox before departing from that label two years later. In this album, Casal turned into a melodic singer. She recorded this album in eight different studios in Madrid, London, Mexico City and Buenos Aires. The performer's executive production team included Nick Patrick, along with the collaboration of other musicians such as the French drummer Manu Katché and the British Nick Igman.
