Abba\u2019s 1974 victory at the Grand Prix d\u2019Eurovision with the song \u201cWaterloo\u201d launched an international career. In the same competition, the Portuguese singer Paulo de Carvalho, with \u201cE depois do adeus,\u201d had to settle for a 14th-place tie with the German duo Cindy & Bert and their \u201cSommermelodie.\u201d Yet he set a revolution in motion: On the evening of 24 April, 1974, R\u00e1dio Clube Portugu\u00eas broadcast \u201cE depois do adeus,\u201d the first signal to the insurgent factions of the Portuguese army. This was followed a few hours later by Zeca Afonso\u2019s \u201cGr\u00e2ndola, vila morena\u201d \u2013 and the Carnation Revolution was a reality. Not only did the dictatorships in Spain and Greece fall in direct succession, but Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verde Islands, and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe were also liberated from colonial rule.nWASSERMUSIK is taking the 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution as an occasion to look at the music that is playing today in the Portuguese-speaking world. Is Brazil still calling the tune, or have Angola and Mozambique now caught up? What has become of the musical boom set off by Ces\u00e1ria \u00c9vora in the Cape Verde Islands? And how has Portugal itself navigated the changing times?nThe musicians who will be on hand to answer these questions include old legends like Portuguese singer-songwriter Fausto Bordalo Dias and Conjunto Angola 70, new names such as Angola\u2019s Cabo Snoop and Portugal\u2019s Fachada, and global stars like the Brazilian Lenine and the Cape Verdean Mayra Andrade, who will kick off the festival.nThis year\u2019s WASSERMUSIK program of films presents music films and music documentaries which relate directly to the bands or the concerts\u2019 musical styles, as well as feature films following the interconnections of the lusophone world.nAs always, the events will take place on the roof terrace if the weather is fair, and in the exhibition hall in case of rain.nWebsite of Wassermusik<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abba\u2019s 1974 victory at the Grand Prix d\u2019Eurovision with the song \u201cWaterloo\u201d launched an international career. In the same competition, the Portuguese singer Paulo de Carvalho, with \u201cE depois do adeus,\u201d had to settle for a 14th-place tie with the German duo Cindy & Bert and their \u201cSommermelodie.\u201d Yet he set a revolution in motion:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n