Artist
Madredeus
Madredeus is a world/ethnic artist from Portugal formed in 1985. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
World/Ethnic · Portugal · Best world/ethnic albums
- 17
- Releases
- 1988–2025
- Active years
- 1985
- Formed
Artist
Madredeus is a world/ethnic artist from Portugal formed in 1985. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
World/Ethnic · Portugal · Best world/ethnic albums
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Existir
1990 · 12 tracks
Madredeus is a Portuguese music group, which originated in the neighborhood around the Madre de Deus church, east of Lisbon's Alfama. Their music is a mix of fado, folk, classical music and contemporary popular music (mostly Brazilian, notably bossa nova). In the words of Pedro Ayres Magalhães: "The band was created to put Portuguese into music, by bringing the language back to its musical format, this through the use of many nouns and vowels. The songs are very short because each word has a certain atmosphere. It's a world of intuition. "(The Azores of Madredeus). History: The founding members of the group are Pedro Ayres Magalhães (guitar), Francisco Ribeiro (cello), Rodrigo Leão (keyboard), Gabriel Gomes (accordion) and Teresa Salgueiro (vocals). Magalhães and Leão created the group in 1985, which Ribeiro and Gomes joined in 1986. While they were looking for a singer, they discovered Teresa Salgueiro one night in a Lisbon club; she sang fado songs at an informal meeting with friends. Their music pleased Teresa who joined the band. Their first album, Os dias da MadreDeus, was released in 1987, and was a great success in Portugal. The album Existir of 1990, led by the title O Past…
