A playlist of 10 essential Lisbon songs, from fado to pimba to Eurovision hits.
Lisbon has an energetic music scene, with venues ranging from stadiums and grand concert halls to smoky nightclubs, community association spaces, and bars where you can eat and hear traditional fado. Fado, jazz, indie pop, and electronic music all thrive here. As befits a country that values poetry, Portugal has accomplished homegrown singer-songwriters. Lisbon is such a cosmopolitan city, and so many lisboetas have lived abroad, that musical influences come from all over the world: jazz, folk, and pop have long fed off the rest of Europe and Brazil, to some extent the U.S., and sounds from Portugal’s former African colonies are particularly influential in electronic music. Here are 10 songs that represent the city’s rich musical history.
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