António Zambujo is part of the new generation of Portuguese musicians. He started as a fado singer, but put it, bossanova, vocal jazz and folk music in a mixer add a hint of the sounds from his native region of Alentjo in the South of Portugal and that’s where his music is today.

“I would listen to the elderly people singing in the tavern in front of my grandmother’s house and became interested in singing, in studying the songs they would sing. So I learned some of them and started singing,” the singer recalled.

His concert in Lyon, France opened the “Musiques des Confluences” dedicated to world music, part of the renowned city’s festival “Nuits de Fourviere”.

“O pica do 7”, is a song about a girl who falls in love with a tramway ticket controller, is from his sixth and latest album, “Rua da Emenda”.

The singer released his first album in 2002 after his role in the musical “Amalia” about the life of fado singer Amalia Rodrigues which helped launch his career.

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