Take the wheel and drive
By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com ROCK MUSIC returns to Pavilhão Atlântico this March, when North American five piece, Incubus, bring their live show to Lisbon for the fourth time. If you
Queen It’s a kinda magic resurrected
By Ruth Sharpe QUEEN – IT’S A Kinda Magic is the theatrical recreation of the very best of Queen live in concert, a production that has captured the imagination of
What a star
By LOUISE PIMM American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer and fashion designer Beyoncé Knowles found fame as a founding member of R&B group Destiny’s Child, one of the
The fourth tenor
By RUTH SHARP ANDREA BOCELLI’S career is littered with unprecedented events and, after nearly 15 years in the industry, he still sells records like hot cakes and draws 20,000 people
The next great Fadista
MARIZA IS one of the most successful singers to come out of Portugal since Amália Rodrigues. Even though her career is only four-years-old, she has quickly gained worldwide fame and
Muse-ic to my ears
by Natasha Smith Muse is arguably one of the only British bands in the last 10 years not to cave in to commercialism. This may be why they have such
Surpassing expectations – by Ruth Sharpe
THE FIRST time Ben Harper came to Lisbon, he performed to a few hundred people at Lisbon University’s Aula Magna. Ten years on, Harper is set to return to Portugal
Politically charged music – by Ruth Sharpe
THE MASTERY of music and surfing is being celebrated in Sagres on August 14 and 15, with some of the most respected names in the music industry coming to perform
Firestarters to set the south-west alight
EVERY YEAR, on the first weekend in August, thousands flock to the small beach village of Zambujeira do Mar, in the Alentejo, for Festival Sudoeste, an event which is quickly
Don’t you forget about us
By RUTH SHARPE Simple Minds perform in the Algarve THOSE WHO have seen the classic 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, will be familiar with the title track, Don’t You (Forget