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unusual facts about Portuguese music



Ornatos Violeta

With Manel Cruz (vocals), Nuno Prata (bass), Peixe (guitar), Kinörm (drums) and Elísio Donas (keyboard) and only two albums, they quickly became a reference in Portuguese music of the end of the 1990s, though the most successful part of their career lasted for only three years, after which the group split.


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Humanos

David Fonseca, Manuela Azevedo (the lead singer of another Portuguese music group, Clã), Camané (one of the most famous Portuguese fadistas), Sérgio Nascimento (a member of Sérgio Godinho’s band), Hélder Gonçalves (also from Clã), Nuno Rafael and João Cardoso are the seven members of a group responsible for what became an unmatched success at that point in the Portuguese music scene.

Liliana Santos

Later she was one of the hosts of Portuguese music show "TOP +" and a reporter for "Factor M", a talk show hosted by Merche Romero, both in RTP.

Tonadas

Tono humano or tonados, secular song, a main genre of 17th-century Spanish and Portuguese music

Vida minha

This year, RTP devoted the festival to fado that marked the accession of traditional Portuguese music to UNESCO’s Oral and Intangible World Heritage list.