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Improbable Duetts – Fado meets Heavy Metal

December 8, 2011 in Portuguese Culture and Events, portuguese music

Optimus, a Portuguese mobile operator created an unlikely advertisement. Under the auspices of  “All together now” by legendary Band The Beatles, they brought musicians together to reinterpret the famous song. One of these meetings was the one of Carminho, a brilliant Fado singer and the Portuguese heavy metal band, Moonspell. Watch it and enjoy:

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Portuguese and Brasilian

February 28, 2010 in Information office

Portuguese and Brasilian are two variants of the same language. A new orthographical agreement has been signed to bring the written language closer.  Nevertheless it’s the spoken Portuguese where you can sense the differences. Listen to these beautiful songs: A brasilian classical, sung by Ellis Regina: A portuguese fado sung by young Ana Moura:

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