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| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Alentejo | Large mainly-agricultural region south of Lisbon with its own distinct culture, music and politics. |
| Amália Rodrigues | Late Queen of the Fado singers, Portugal's most famous woman. |
| Ana Moura | Strong contender for today's Queen of Fado, she's Portugal's top-selling recording artist. |
| Ângelo Freire | Top modern exponent of the Portuguese Fado guitar |
| Cabo Verde | Island nation with distinctive music blending Portuguese and west African influences, and the world's oldest creole language. |
| Césaria Évora | Late Queen of the Morna singers, Cabo Verde's most famous woman. |
| Coimbra | Form of Fado originating in university town and performed exclusively by male singers and players. Surprisingly emotional and intense. |
| Cuca Roseta | Currently active Lisbon-born Fado singer and recording star |
| Desgarrada | Dueling singers improvise biting or witty comments, backed by hypnotic accordion playing. A living tradition in the North. |
| Emanuel | Pioneering Pimba singer and producer, keeping Portugal amused and dancing over recent decades. |
| Erika Ender | Latin American singer-songwriter included here to provide contrast |
| Eurovision | Just occasionally TV's annual song fest gets it right |
| Fado | Dramatic, emotional music of Lisbon that has become an emblem of Portugal. Features dominant solo vocals and high-pitched Fado guitar. |
| Fausto | Veteran intervention singer helping the Portuguese make sense of their African experience |
| Intervention singers | Singers with something to say about Portugal and the world. Taken much more seriously than Anglo-American protest singers. |
| Isabel Silveste | Key singer in preserving and reviving folk traditions of the north |
| Luís Guerreiro | Top Fado guitarist, using high-pitched 12-string Portuguese guitar. |
| Lura | Portuguese-born singer of Cabo Verdean extraction singing both Morna and dance styles. |
| Madredeus | The most important Portuguese band of the last 30 years |
| Mariza | Authentic, stylish Fado singer justly famous around the world. |
| Marta Pereira da Costa | Top female exponent of the Portuguese Fado guitar |
| Meta | Where I as author directly address you as reader; also used to mark incomplete posts. |
| Minho | Rural region in the far north by the Minho river, with its own remarkable music. |
| Mísia | Dramatic, pioneering Fado singer who played a huge role in bringing it back to popularity. |
| Morna | Plaintive, emotional ballad music from the islands of Cabo Verde, often with a jazzy accompaniment. |
| North | Loosely anywhere north of Lisbon; more strictly the far north from Douro to Minho rivers. |
| Pessoa | Fernando Pessoa (lived 1888 to 1935), currently Portugal's most famous poet since Camões. Popular with modern Fado singers. |
| Pimba | Bawdy party music of Portugal - the other side of the coin to Fado. |
| Portuguese history | There's a lot of it, and it has directly affected today's music. |
| Portuguese language | Latin optimised for song. It's subtly different to other Romance languages - even Brazilian. |
| Portuguese rock | Rock arrived in Portugal with the Revolution - then rapidly took on a Portuguese flavour. |
| Quora | A question-and-answer Internet site where some content from here is also posted. The version here is always the best and most canonical. |
| Rodrigo Costa Félix | Smooth exponent of Lisbon Fado |
| Rodrigo Leão | Influential Portuguese composer and keyboard player, founder member of Madredeus, with a large body of work since. |
| Rui Veloso | Singer and guitarist who pioneered of rock/blues guitar in Portugal |
| Salavador Sobral | Singer who won Eurovision for Portugal. Also good ballad singer in other Portuguese styles |
| Teresa Salgueiro | Founder member of Madredeus and one of the world's finest singers. Now writes songs with her own band and has brought out some notable solo albums. |
| Zeca Afonso | José "Zeca" Afonso, emblematic singer-songwriter of the 1974 to 1975 Revolution, still popular more than 30 years after his death. Intervention singer. |
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