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Sérgio Godinho
Manuel Falcão, founder of Blitz, thinks the two are the “most interesting composers we have had over the years”.
As in so much in life, the music It has a lot the factor of subjectivity.
When talking about Best Song Writers In Portugal in recent decades, answers vary a lot.
Zeca Afonso, José Mário Branco, Carlos Té, António Variations? Pedro Abrunhosa, Miguel Araújo, Capicua, Luísa Sobral? Coincidentally, most were born in Porto or surroundings.
And there are two more names that deserved the greatest attention, according to Manuel Falcão, founder of Blitz.
In an interview with herself, the first director of the then weekly even began by saying that Bob Dylan deserved “completely” the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
Talking about the Portuguese scenario, the music expert said that Sérgio Godinho (born in Porto) “deserved to be heard more carefully. I think Sérgio Godinho is a great songwriter, inside the niche where he stayed, ”he said.
And highlighted another composer: “I think there is another great songwriter in Portugal: Pedro Ayres Magalhães”He stressed.
Sérgio Godinho and Pedro Ayres Magalhães “are the two names, in various musical fields, who are great writers of song and I think that They are the two most interesting that we have had over the years. ”
Miguel Cadete, current director of Blitz, agreed that the two mentioned “are writers of notable songs.”
And added to the list Pedro da Silva Martins“They are often heard with political or ideological ears, and we do not realize – or do not want to realize – what is there.”
