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Fado
-Carlos Leitão
-Carlos do Carmo
-Cristina Branco
-Helder Moutinho
-Mafalda Arnauth
Fusion / World Jazz
-Carmen Souza
-Solis String Quartet
Instrumental music
-Custódio Castelo
-Danças Ocultas
-Fernando Deghi
-Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Samba
-Siba e a Fuloresta
Samba - Choro
-Edu Miranda
-Moderna Tradição
-Ná Ozzetti
-Rogério Bicudo
Samba / Musica Popular Brasileira
-Ceumar
Traditional Columbian and Jazz
-Lucia Pulido
Traditional music
-Amélia Muge
-Márta Sebestyén
-Nancy Vieira
-Spaccapaese
Amélia Muge
Traditional music vocal Benelux Booking
Carlos do Carmo
Fado zang, Portugese gitaar, akoestische gitaar, akoestische basgitaar Benelux Booking
Carlos Leitão
Fado Carlos Leitão (zang) Benelux Booking
Carmen Souza
Fusion / World Jazz voice, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, acoustic bass, double bass, percussion, acoustic piano Worldwide booking
Ceumar
Samba / Musica Popular Brasileira Vocal Worldwide booking
Cristina Branco
Fado Portuguese guitar, acoustic guitar, bassguitar, vocal, piano Benelux Booking
Custódio Castelo
Instrumental music Portuguese guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic bassguitar Worldwide booking
Danças Ocultas
Instrumental music accordeon quartet Benelux Booking
Edu Miranda
Samba - Choro bandolin, guitar, drums Worldwide booking
Fernando Deghi
Instrumental music solo met verschillende gitaren uit Sertão Benelux Booking
Helder Moutinho
Fado vocal, Portugese guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic bassguitar Benelux Booking
Lucia Pulido
Traditional Columbian and Jazz Quintet/Trio Worldwide booking
Mafalda Arnauth
Fado Portugese gitaar, klassieke gitaar, basgitaar Benelux Booking
Márta Sebestyén
Traditional music vocal, brass, strings Benelux Booking
Moderna Tradição
Samba - Choro piano, bandolim, 7 chords guitar, saxophone, percussion Worldwide booking
Ná Ozzetti
Samba - Choro Braziliaans Benelux Booking
Nancy Vieira
Traditional music vocal Benelux Booking
Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Instrumental music guitarra Portuguesa Benelux Booking
Rogério Bicudo
Samba - Choro zang, Violão, drums, bas, piano Worldwide booking
Siba e a Fuloresta
Samba blazers, percussie Benelux Booking
Solis String Quartet
Fusion / World Jazz Violino,Viola,Cello Worldwide booking
Spaccapaese
Traditional music zang, percussie, gitaar, toetsen Worldwide booking

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Amélia Muge
José Melo Music Productions & Management handles Benelux Booking for Amélia Muge
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Amélia Muge: Biography
Amélia Muge
Amélia Muge was born in Mozambique in 1952 but has lived in Portugal since 1984. She learned not only singing but also the piano, the viola braguesa -- a traditional guitar from Portugal's Braga region -- and popular percussion instruments. Besides her own recordings Múgica, Todos os Dias, Taco a taco and today's A Monte, she's worked with Julio Pereira's band and recorded the live album Maio Maduro Maio with José Mário Branco and João Afonso. She's collaborated on others with the Italian formation Terras di Canto, the Bulgarian Pirin Folk Ensemble and the Spanish Camerata Meiga. She composes songs and music for theater, poetry, television and radio shows, among the latter the soundtrack for the play Caminhos Encobertos Marzinhos Descobertos which earned her a critics award. She's penned lyrics for Mísia and Camané, produced Mafalda Arnauth's latest album, authored "O Girassol", a book of children's stories, and "Muipiti Ilha de Moaçambique", a book on the history of Mozambique Island.

2002's A Monte (on the run) is the outcome of a multi-media show originally presented at Fórum Municipal de Almada and Fórum do Seixal. It sets to music poems by famous Portuguese and Brazilian writers, including Nobel-prize winner José Saramago and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. It employs a colorful ensemble of guitar, woodwinds, Galician bagpipe, percussion, accordion and electronics and the resultant collection of 17 songs is completely divorced from even the most ambitious Nouveau Fado or Fado Fusion expectations. Thus happily disconnected from the usual Amalia Rodrigues legacy concerns, it presents a far more modern, sometimes even experimental take on Portuguese song with a strong Afro-Brazilian vibe.

From the twisted tango of "The Garment of the Pharisees" to the Samba-inflected "Para Cinquentões"; from the vocal percussion/soft-Rap funk of "A Garpa do Macao/Monkey's Paws" to the country waltz of "Mamundo" intersecting with deconstructionist percussion-driven elements; the popular Portuguese obsession with Fado finds gratification only in "The Mermaid's Song/O Fado Da Sereia". And while A Monte lacks a central or overriding stylistic thread, being more of a collective gallery event wherein different voices and personalities join a common call with their unique musical commentaries and viewpoints, it's a powerful documentary by a very influential, broad-minded Portuguese poetress/vocalist on the cutting edge of Lusofonian songwriting.
Amélia Muge: Discography
Amélia Muge Nao sou daqui
Publisher Year
- 2006
Amélia Muge A monte
Publisher Year
- 2002
Amélia Muge Taco a taco
Publisher Year
- 1998
Amélia Muge Todos os dias
Publisher Year
- 1994
Amélia Muge Múgica
Publisher Year
- 1992
Amélia Muge: Images
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