Carlos Sanches releases his first album, Cães e Crianças, and brings Arritmia with it
Musician Carlos Sanches debuts his first studio album titled 'Cães e Crianças', featuring the track 'Arritmia'.

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Musician Carlos Sanches debuts his first studio album titled 'Cães e Crianças', featuring the track 'Arritmia'.

The trio made up of Fernando Deghi, José Barros and Ricardo Fonseca debuts this Monday in Idanha-a-Nova with an album dedicated to the Beira Baixa viola and to the identity of the Beira Baixa region.

The song that gives its name to the album António Zambujo will present in April is a new version of Caetano Veloso's 1979 song, whom Zambujo considers “the best singer in the world”.

A response to a political reality that frightens them? A new batch of songs. B arrives on Friday and is a portrait of a country for sale, ghostly, shaking the mud from its coat and playing with fire.

Portuguese artist Leo Middea is set to present his new album with performances in Lisbon and Porto in March.
The new album by Martín Sued & Orquestra Assintomática, recorded with Fred Martins and Barbara Rodrix, will be presented live this Wednesday at Espaço Bota in Lisbon.

He was born on the island of São Miguel but has lived in Coimbra for 16 years. After debuting with “Prelúdio”, an album where the guitar was his creative anchor, he turned to the piano and consolidated his trio with “Como Se Matam Primaveras” (selected by BLITZ as one of the best Portuguese albums of 2025). Filipe Furtado and his trio are this week’s highlight in the column dedicated to emerging talents.

The 47-year-old musician has just released his new album 'Por Fora Ninguém Diria'.

In this second part of the podcast “The Beauty of Small Things”, singer-songwriter MARO speaks about the emotion of having her Portuguese and Brazilian family by her side on the tour for the new album “So Much Has Changed”, both on stage and behind the scenes, and reveals how she composed the songs for this album on a farm in the interior of São Paulo, the home of her “Brazilian father”.

Five years on, Pedro Abrunhosa has a new album. 'Inverbo' marks a return to the power of the word. The album's launch concert is this evening in Porto.

Singer-songwriter Luca Argel has released his new album 'O Homem Triste' (“The Sad Man”), examining feelings often missing from how men express themselves — challenging stereotypes and expanding the emotional language available to men.

Musician Luca Argel addresses personal fragility and repressed emotions in his latest album, O Homem Triste.

He has just released an album with Criolo and Amaro Freitas and tells BLITZ that he is already preparing a new solo album. Dino D’Santiago is a guest on the 265th Posto Emissor, where he talks about his painting exhibition in Lisbon, his experience as campaign representative for Marques Mendes’s bid for the Presidency of the Republic, and his friendship with Madonna.

The album 'Oxalá com o tempo' is due to be released in March.

Iolanda's debut album will be released by April. It is called “Quebranto” and is a work that reveals a new side of the artist.

Ramón Galarza's Band is returning with a new album titled Sonus and is launching it with the lead single 'Hearts'.

Born in Porto in 2022, they have just released the album “Bola de Bilhar” and are preparing to take part in the Festival da Canção. Nunca Mates o Mandarim is this week's highlight of BLITZ's feature dedicated to emerging talent.

Portuguese artist O Homem que Fugiu do Mundo has announced a new album that includes the song 'Ícaro desce e vamos falar do sol'.

At the age of 65, Pedro Abrunhosa releases 'Inverbo', a new album in a career rich with triumphs. Defending poetry from the algorithmic frenzy is his mission. And knowing how to grow older: 'I feel great respect, even for my younger colleagues who call me “old”. I find that so beautiful.'

Astra Vaga's debut album, the project of musician Pedro Ledo, is released on Thursday. Titled “Unção Honrosa”, it draws on 1980s post-punk, with nostalgia as the central feature of its aesthetic.

Pianist and composer Mário Laginha will release his second album under his own name, 'Retorno', on 5 February, when he performs at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, returning the following day.

After “Adoro Bolos” and “Telemóveis” catapulted him into the spotlight, Conan Osiris withdrew. He made a surprise return at the end of 2025 with “Xenonexo”, his new album, and an extra disc of gems from 2015.

In addition to returning to albums, the self-taught musician also released 'MUSICÆ MMXV', a mini-album of tracks he put out independently in 2015. 'Xenonexo' comprises 20 songs.
