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José Mário Branco
12+ albums
singer-songwriterpoliticalportugueseinterventionfolk
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José Mário Branco (José Mário Monteiro Guedes Branco, Porto, Portugal, 25 May 1942 - 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. Born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, he became politically involved in the early 1960s. This political activity during the dictatorship in Portugal led him to seek exile in France in 1963. There he would eventually meet and collaboratring with musicians such as Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produced and recorded at the Château d'Hérouville studios. After the 1974 revolution Branco returned to Portugal and was of the founder of the music ensemble GAC - Grupo de Acção Cultural. He died of a stroke on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77. Discography Seis cantigas de Amigo (EP, Arquivos Sonoros Portugueses, 1967) EP Ronda do Soldadinho (Single, Ed. Autor, 1969) Single Mudam-se os tempos, mudam-se as vontades (LP, Guilda da Música, 1971) LP/CD Margem de Certa Maneira (LP, Guilda da Música, 1973) LP/CD A Mãe (LP, 1978) LP O Ladrão do Pão (EP, Diapasão, 1978) Ser solidário (2LP, Edisom, 1982) FMI (Maxi, Edisom, 1982) Qual é a tua ó meu / S. João do Porto (Single, Edisom, 1982) A Noite (LP, UPAV, 1985) Correspondências (LP, UPAV, 1990) LP/CD José Mário Branco ao vivo em 1997 (CD, 1997) CD Canções escolhidas 71/97 (CD, 1999) CD (Colectânea) Resistir é vencer (CD, 2004) CD Inéditos (1967-1999) (CD, 2018) As a producer José Afonso – Cantigas do Maio (1971) LP, Arnaldo Trindade, Orfeu Jo
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