Date/Time: Wednesday 27th April, 4-5pm

Venue: Old Library Building, 2.29

For around 15 years, Portuguese and Brazilian singers and singer-songwriters have sung repertoires which have crossed over the two countries - a tradition that dates from radio singers from the previous decades, and that evolved along the 20th century, during and after the times of dictatorial regimes both in Brazil and in Portugal. But after 1974, the year of the Carnation Revolution, the artistic exchange between the two countries took a particular twist - Portugal became a safe haven place for a few Brazilian voices, who could sing in Portugal the songs that they could not sing in Brazil. Featuring José Afonso or GAC-Vozes na Luta singing the Brazil of Generals or Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque merging Fado with the new hope after April 1974, this event will take us on a tour of a variety of musical genres which will be explored in various meanings and directions.

João Carlos Callixto is a researcher in Music (University of Lisbon). He is an author and presenter of radio and television shows at RTP (National Broadcaster of Portugal). He collaborates with several musical and literary publications and has published Canta, Amigo, Canta - Nova Canção Portuguesa (1960-1974) (2014), Portugal 12 Pts – Festival da Canção (2018) and Gramofone - Páginas da Música no Arquivo RTP (2019), among other books.

This seminar is organised by the Portuguese Language Centre - Camões IP of Newcastle University and the University of Leeds. It is open for all to attend, no registration necessary.