Next week's Live Music suggestions: 30th March to 5th April

It seems the rain is back... but we'll always good music to warm our souls! Take a look at our eclectic suggestions, there's something for everyone:

30/3, Sunday
Chrysta Bell [electronica/singer-songwriter/country]
Casa Independente (near Intendente) -> location of the venue
19:00 - € 15.00
Wim Mertens Trio [neo-classical]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 20.00 to € 40.00
Capitão Fausto [indie/rock]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
17:00 - free entrance (also 31/3 on FNAC Colombo, 19:00)
Cati Freitas [fado]
FNAC Vasco da Gama (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
19:00 - free entrance
Thurston Moore & Steve Shelley & James Sedwards + Control Unit [no-wave/noise/experimental/improv]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
18:00 - € 12.00

31/3, Monday
Melingo [tango/jazz]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 15.00 to € 35.00
Melech Mechaya [klezmer/world/folk]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
18:30 - free entrance

3/4, Thursday
"Cantar Lisboa – Concerto por um Novo Futuro" (charity event) w/ Ana Bacalhau + António Zambujo + Carminho + Gisela João + Luísa Sobral + Manuela Azevedo + Miguel Araújo + Miguel Gameiro + Paulo Gonzo + Tiago Bettencourt [pop/rock/fado]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 10.00 to € 40.00
Cícero [indie/MPB/singer-songwriter]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 8.00
Dorahoag [world/rock]
Sagrada Família (near Picoas) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 3.00
Dirty Beaches [indie/crooner/electronica/lo-fi]
Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (near Roma) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 15.00

4/4, Friday
Belém Art Fest 2014: Thomas Anahory + Carolina Deslandes [pop/soul]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Belém Art Fest 2014: Rita Redshoes + Mila Dores [indie/pop]
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (in Belém) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Belém Art Fest 2014: Andycode + Noiserv + Minta & The Brook Trout [indie/rock]
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (in Belém) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Ana Carolina [pop/MPB]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
22:00 - from € 38.00 to € 60.00
Matthew E. White [indie/singer-songwriter/soul]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 14.00
The Loafing Heroes [indie/alt.country]
Teatro do Bairro (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
23:00 - ticket includes new CD
Excepter + Tropa Macaca [electronica/experimental/noise]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 8.00

5/4, Saturday
Belém Art Fest 2014: Da Chick + Wack [funk/disco/hip hop]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Belém Art Fest 2014: Gospel Collective + Beatriz Pessoa [gospel/blues/jazz]
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (in Belém) -> location of the venue
20:30 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Belém Art Fest 2014: Cais Sodré Funk Connection + Walter Benjamin [funk/indie/singer-songwriter]
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (in Belém) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Belém Art Fest 2014: Ana Sofia Varela + Sérgio da Silva [classical]
Museu Nacional dos Coches (in Belém) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 12.00 one day / € 16.00 both days (more info here.
Toy [indie/alt.rock]
Armazém F (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 20.00
Carlos do Carmo [fado]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 15.00 to € 45.00
Silence 4 [pop/rock]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 23.00 to € 31.00
Capicua [hip hop]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
24:00 - € 6.00

Collector's Corner: Rui Miguel Abreu

Rui Miguel Abreu, influent music journalist, producer, DJ and record digger extraordinaire, unravels some of the reasons behind his passion for music and talks about cosmic coincidences in the 2nd edition of Collector's Corner.
What led you to become interested in music and records?
Well, there was never music at home when i was growing up. My grandparents had an old valve radio, but that was it. No record player, no tape recorder and certainly no records. But that valve radio fascinated me: at night i could tune into exotic stations on the far regions of the dial and hear strange sounds. I guess that's what first draw me to music. I was 11 in 1980 and that was an exciting time for music discoveries. Soon I was talking to slightly older friends that had records and I was hooked. When I turned 15 my parents offered me my first record player and that was it...

What warms your heart the most: playing music or writing about music?
Writing about music has always been my greatest passion. Everything else I've done in music - working on record labels, producing shows, managing artists, doing radio, playing records as a dj, even making beats - has spawned from that activity and the necessity of thinking about music. I am, above all, a music critic and a music journalist.

What is the size of your collection?
I never measured it and the collection has known periods of expansion but also underwent several trimming efforts through the years. A collection is a living thing, that grows and contracts. Right now it's growing. I would say I probably own around 20 thousand titles, the majority being vinyl, maybe 70 per cent.

Don't you ever get tired of digging record crates or ordering new stuff? Will there be a moment when you'll say "that's enough"?
Well, I love music above the object. It's the act of listening to music that drives everything that I do, so it was never about getting the first edition or the rare issue of a certain record. So, as it's easier now to listen to whatever we want I find myself increasingly questioning the necessity to have a physical object of everything i want to listen to. But questioning does not mean i have given up on buying records. I am still not at that stage. So I keep buying records. But I kind of wish that the day will come when i will be cured of that urge...

Format of choice: vinyl or CD?
I love vinyl, but i am not a fundamentalist. Actually, there's lots of current music that's produced digitally, mastered digitally but released on vinyl. I still buy the vinyl but i'm increasingly wondering why... And i am a sucker for expanded editions, so i always pay attention to cds. Whenever possible i like to have both formats, but if you twist my arm i'll admit that i prefer vinyl.

What is the most important album of your life?
I don't know... honestly, I don't! John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, The Clash, The Velvet Underground, Nas, De la Soul, John Carpenter, Goblin, Tom Waits, John Martin, Talking Heads, James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, Juan Atkins, Prince, Pierre Henry, François Bayle, Kraftwerk, Lee Perry, Mark Stewart, Can, Neu!, DJ Shadow, Demdike Stare... they have all released amazing music that marked me deeply. I'm not sure I could choose a single one.

What was the last record that amazed you?
Hmm... This young producer called Arca amazed me recently. But I am easily amazed. Music is a wonderful thing, a never ending source of amazement. Legowelt amazes me. Andy Votel amazes me. The amazing releases on Recollection GRM amaze me. It never ends...

What is the one record that you don't have and you're most looking for?
There are tons I'm looking for, but i am currently kind of obsessing over original releases on Prospectives 21 Siecle, a series on avant garde music released on the 60s and 70s on Philips.

Tell me an interesting story about buying records, either because of the purchase process itself, or for the importance (commercial or emotional) of the records in question.
I wrote a small book on house music for the Dance Club magazine. I was researching material for my book and reading Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster. This Sunday morning i was reading the chapter where Bill retells the story of the first house 12 inch, On and On by Jesse Saunders and how he made that record after losing a very rare disco bootleg [also titled On and On] by an artist called MACH. I read that part of the book, put the book down and as it was still two hours until lunch time i decided to walk down the street from my house and hit the monthly flea market. And in a box with 50 or so shitty records i found a copy of the same On and On [MACH] bootleg Jesse Saunders had lost. It's incredibly rare, only 500 copies pressed in 1980, and somehow a copy made it to my local flea market on the same day i was made aware of it's existence by reading about it in a book. Cosmic coincidence?


You can find RMA's writings on Blitz magazine and on his own megablog, 33-45 (in Portuguese). Check also the releases of his record label, Loop:Recordings.

Have you enjoyed this article? Then take a look at the previous edition of Collector's Corner with Paulo Coelho.

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 23rd to 29th March

Spring begins, March ends, Lisbon nights continue to offer great live music. Here are our eclectic suggestions for the last week of March:

23/3, Sunday
Maria João Matos & Anthony John Wheeldon [jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
André Barros [indie/neo-classical/soundtrack]
FNAC Colombo (near Colégio Militar/Luz) -> location of the venue
17:00 - free entrance
Quarteto de Bolso [pop/rock/jazz/country]
Hard Rock Café (near Restauradores) -> location of the venue
23:00

25/3, Tuesday
Desidério Lázaro & Diogo Vida [jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
O Quarto Fantasma [post-rock]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
19:30 - free entrance

26/3, Wednesday
Beyoncé [pop/R n'B/soul]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
20:00 - from € 42.00 to € 85.00 (also on Thursday 27th)
Armandinho [pop/rock/reggae/MPB]
Teatro Tivoli (on Av. Liberdade) -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 16.00 to € 22.50

27/3, Thursday
Sebenta [indie/alt.rock]
Armazém F (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 10.00
Matias Damásio [world/pop/soul]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 10.00 to € 35.00
"Baixo canta Elis": Maria Morbey & Yuri Daniel [MPB/bossa/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
Sandor Mester [solo classical guitar]
FNAC Vasco da Gama (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
18:30 - free entrance
Phantom Love [indie/electronica]
Lounge (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - free entrance
The Legendary Tigerman [blues/indie/rock]
Lux (near Santa Apolónia) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 12.99 (tickets for sale on FNAC stores only, together with the new CD)
Anarchicks + The Not Amused [indie/rock n' roll]
Popular (near Alvalade/Roma/Entrecampos) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 4.00
Ngoma Moçambique [world]
Vestigius (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

28/3, Friday
"Cantar Grândola, 40 anos depois" [folk/world/protest music]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 5.00 to € 30.00
Martial Solal [jazz/solo piano]
Culturgest (near Campo Pequeno) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 15.00
Melech Mechaya [klezmer/world/folk]
FNAC Colombo (near Colégio Militar/Luz) -> location of the venue
22:00 - free entrance
Jahcoustix [reggae/pop]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 7.50
Hawks n'Hounds + Grandfather's House [stoner/alt.rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00
Ana Roque [fado]
Vestigius (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

29/3, Saturday
Rui Veloso Trio [pop/blues]
FNAC Vasco da Gama (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 15.00 to € 40.00
Nobody's Bizness [blues/soul]
FNAC Colombo (near Colégio Militar/Luz) -> location of the venue
18:30 - free entrance
Ana Madalena Moreira & Nataliya Kuznyetsova [classical]
Museu da Música (near Alto dos Moinhos) -> location of the venue
17:00 - € 2.00
The Veils [indie/pop/rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
24:00 - € 12.00
Uaninauei + O Quarto Fantasma [alt.rock/indie/post-rock]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00
"Lamiré" (buskers festival) w/ António Risques Ferreira, Bandallorca, Hau Vo Minh + Kristians Jirgensons, Mestiçu, Nikolai Sanadze [folk/world/classical]
Teatro do Bairro (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
As 3 Marias [pop/folk/tango]
Teatro Municipal São Luiz (near Baixa-Chiado) -> location of the venue
23:30 - € 10.00
Lavoisier [indie/folk/experimental]
Zona Franca (near Anjos) -> location of the venue
19:00

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 16th to 22nd March

Sunny weather keeps delighting us with its presence, so charge your batteries during the day and enjoy all that Lisbon nights have to offer! Take a look at our live music selection for next week:

16/3, Sunday
Anselmo Ralph [r n'b/soul/angolan kizomba]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
18:00 - € 30.00 to € 40.00
Carol Puntel & Claudio Kumar & Júlio Resende [MPB/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 5.00
Cati Freitas [world/jazz]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
17:30 - free entrance
Sensi [hip hop]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
21:30 - free entrance

18/3, Tuesday
Ana Moura & António Zambujo [fado/pop]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 20.00 to € 50.00 (also on Wednesday 19th)
Nilson Dourado & Nuno Tavares & Tiago Santos [acoustic/jazz/bossa]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

19/3, Wednesday
Mother Engine + Tape Junk + Black Strobe [rock n' roll/stoner/rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 6.00
Samuel James [blues]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 5.00

20/3, Thursday
Capitão Fausto [indie/rock]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 11.00 to € 13.50
Teresa Tapadas & Nuno Tavares [fado]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
Fandanga [jazz/fado/world]
Vestigius (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
You Can't Win, Charlie Brown [indie/rock/electronica]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 8.00 (also on the 21st and 22nd, 24:00)

21/3, Friday
Vaya Con Dios [jazz/latin/blues/rock]
Campo Pequeno arena (on Campo Pequeno) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 17.50 to € 30.00
Dead Combo [indie/blues/fado/world/rock/experimental]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 20.00
Caixa de Pandora [neo-classical/soundtrack]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 5.00
Quarteto de Bolso [pop/rock/jazz/country]
Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul (near Santos) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

22/3, Saturday
Filipe Pinto [singer-songwriter/pop/rock]
FNAC Vasco da Gama (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
17:00 - free entrance
Yami [pop/world]
Vestigius (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00

Record Fairs: Feira do Vinil LxMarket


Hey, music collectors: good news! The first edition of the LxMarket vinyl fair is taking place on March 23rd (Sunday) at Lx Factory near Alcântara, and will gather record shops, independent labels and distributors, merchandising, memorabilia and Hi-Fi merchants under the same roof! Vinyl records will have the spotlight but CDs will also be available.
Produced by A Record A Day and LxMarket, the fair will also present a photo exhibition of original promo shoots of various artists such as Sonic Youth, Morrissey, Iggy Pop, The Who, Beach Boys, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits or Bob Dylan, as well as DJ sets by Maria P (Wonderland Club) and Edgar Raposo (Groovie Records). And if you still need an excuse to drag your partner along, the regular LxMarket will be happening simultaneously, presenting its usual offer of used clothes, furniture, books and all kinds of odds-and-sods.

Feira do Vinil LxMarket
LX Factory (Brasil Hall / Pavilhão Brasil) (near Alcântara) -> location of the venue
March 23rd (Sunday), 11:00 to 19:00

Next week's Live Music suggestions: 9th to 15th March

Sun sun sun! Let's hope it's here to stay, just like great live music on Lisbon nights! And what an eclectic week we have for you. Check it out:

9/3, Sunday
Wranth [live drawing + indie/experimental/improv instrumental]
FNAC Vasco da Gama (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
17:00 - free entrance
The Youth + Luke [indie/rock]
Popular (near Alvalade/Roma/Entrecampos) -> location of the venue
16:00 - € 2.00

10/3, Monday
Scorpions [hard rock]
Meo Arena (near Oriente / Parque das Nações) -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 30.00 to € 45.00

11/3, Tuesday
Rodrigo Santo Anastácio & Cristiano Domingos [guitar duo/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00
Rhino Bucket + Fast Eddie Nelson [rock n' roll/hard rock]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 20.00

12/3, Wednesday
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld [neo-classical/indie/experimental]
Teatro Municipal Maria Matos (near Roma) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 18.00

13/3, Thursday
Ana Semedo [soul/disco]
Clube Ferroviário (near Santa Apolónia) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 6.00
Ahí Namá - Beatriz Díaz & Ricardo Gouveia & Jorge Valadas [cuban son/jazz]
Duetos da Sé (near Sé de Lisboa) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 5.00 (also Saturday 15th at Vestigius)
Nástio Mosquito [alt.hip hop/angolan kizomba]
FNAC Chiado (near Baixa-Chiado)-> location of the venue
18:30 - free entrance
Vira Casaca [indie/rock/folk]
MusicBox (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
22:30 - € 5.00

14/3, Friday
Eliane Elias [vocal jazz/bossa nova]
Centro Cultural de Belém -> location of the venue
21:00 - from € 20.00 to € 40.00
Guilande [rock n'roll/funk]
Clube Ferroviário (near Santa Apolónia) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 6.00 (also Saturday 15th)
Boyce Avenue [pop/rock]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:00 - € 20.00
Tara Perdida [punk]
Paradise Garage (near Alcântara) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 10.00
Holocausto Canibal + Shadowsphere + Brutal Brain Damage [gore/grind/death metal]
República da Música (near Alvalade) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 10.00
Victor Torpedo Show + Canja Rave [rock n'roll]
Sabotage Club (near Cais do Sodré) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 5.00
"Filhos do Rock" w/ Barões + Vidal & The Roadrunners + Torpe [rock/new wave]
Santiago Alquimista (near Castelo de São Jorge) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 10.00
Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love + Yaw Tembe [free jazz/experimental]
Galeria Zé dos Bois (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 10.00

15/3, Saturday
Talkfest '14 closing event w/ Lionskin + DJ Ride + Octa Push + Brass Wires Orchestra + Los Waves [hip hop/synth pop/electronica/dance]
Aula Magna (near Cidade Universitária) -> location of the venue
21:30 - from € 15.00 to € 20.00
Anselmo Ralph [r n'b/soul/angolan kizomba]
Coliseu dos Recreios (near Rossio) -> location of the venue
21:30 - € 30.00
Oak Tree [indie/alt.country]
Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul (near Santos) -> location of the venue
22:00 - € 4.00
Norton [indie rock/pop]
Teatro do Bairro (in Bairro Alto) -> location of the venue
23:00 - € 5.00 / € 10.00 including CD