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António Avelar De Pinho
António Avelar de Pinho (born 26 May 1947) is a Portuguese writer and songwriter from Entroncamento, He was the founding member of the groups Filarmónica Fraude (1967) and Banda do Casaco Banda do Casaco was a Portugal, Portuguese prog-folk band active from 1974 to 1984 considered by some to be one of Portugal's greatest progressive rock bands. Their seminal album was ''Hoje há Conquilhas, Amanhã não Sabemos'', released in 1976. ... (1973). References 1947 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese male singers Portuguese male singer-songwriters {{Portugal-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entroncamento Municipality
Entroncamento () is a Portuguese municipality in district of Santarém in the Médio Tejo Subregion (''Middle Tagus'') of the Centro Region. The population in 2011 was 20,206, in an area of 13.73 km². Situated in the Ribatejo, it benefits from its geo-strategic position along the Tagus Valley, with important accessibility to the motorways and railway-lines that historically proportioned its growth and expansion. History Entroncamento originated in the middle of the 19th century, with the birth of the national railway network, as a simple train-stop, from two small railway construction camps: Casal das Vaginhas and Casal das Gouveias. The majority of the early rail workers/settlers were foreign, coming from different countries throughout Europe, but eventually workers from Beira Baixa and Alentejo moved to the region. Its toponymic name ''Entroncamento'' literally mean ''junction'', owing to being the junction of the two railway lines that developed in 1864: the ''Linha d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banda Do Casaco
Banda do Casaco was a Portugal, Portuguese prog-folk band active from 1974 to 1984 considered by some to be one of Portugal's greatest progressive rock bands. Their seminal album was ''Hoje há Conquilhas, Amanhã não Sabemos'', released in 1976. Beginnings After the failure of the Filarmónica Fraude project, António Pinho (musician), António Pinho (singer) and Luís Linhares (keys) joined the ex Plexus (band), Plexus members Nuno Rodrigues (musician), Nuno Rodrigues (vocals and guitar) and Celso de Carvalho (cello and double bass) to form the group Banda do Casaco. Many guest musicians passed through the band in their active period and many used the band as a springboard for their own careers. Career The first album released was ''Dos Benefícios dum Vendido no Reino dos Bonifácios'' in 1975, followed by ''Coisas do Arco da Velha'' in 1976 which won the "Album of the Year" award in Portugal, notable for the appearance of Cândida Branca Flor on vocals. The singer would leave B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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