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Artist
Rita Braga
12+ albums
indie folkacousticindiealternativeportuguese
about
“All way from Lisbon, Portugal comes Rita Braga. This charming and beautiful Ukulele queen with a voice of velvet plays a brilliant mishmash of sound. Combining Julee Cruise esque Lounge with a strange mix of folk ranging from Serbian, Hawaiian, and Appalachian Mountain music, Rita Braga’s sound is truly unique and refreshing.” (Chris Carlone) Rita Braga is a singer, songwriter and performer with an eccletic repertoir of songs, with covers ranging from Mozart on the ukulele to Serbian, Swedish or Portuguese folk, cowboy songs, 1920’s jazz and samba to Bollywood. She has also written and recorded music for film and animation, done voice acting for animation, commissioned music for commercials and she produces and hosts cabarets and other unpredictable events in Porto, where she currently resides. A background in the visual arts has merged with her musical style and live performances. She has attended courses and worked for a while in illustration, comics and animation. She graduated in Music Sciences at the New University of Lisbon. Since 2004 she has performed in Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Spain, the US, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Lebanon and Czech Republic, in a variety of contexts going from underground clubs to theaters, comics festivals, burlesque, or shows for children audiences. Most frequently performing solo on vocals and ukulele, she might add piano, synths, guitar or pre-recorded tracks to her live set, and sometimes she invites loc
