Solo album from Rui Rodrigues

The last solo album of Rui Rodrigues called "Portugal-Velho" needs support in the final phase for the press printing and for the promotion.

Rui Rodrigues is a portuguese drummer, author, and composer. His first solo album “Portugal-Velho“ is a deconstruction of the work of percussionists. In this work Rui Rodrigues composed the musics rhythmically and "invited musicians and singers to do what is normally the responsibility of the percussionists: to follow or to arrange the songs."

This album is a form of provocation at a time of "interesting social change" and the expression “Portugal-Velho” refers precisely to this, meaning (portuguese honest and "too" loyal).

The first single, the song "Zé Pereira", can now be heard in Quatrada, album by the group Galandum Galundaina, that played and arranged the music written by Rui Rodrigues.

This unique fact: the release of a single in two different discs is part of the atypical design of this artist who brings us an original work.

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About the author

Rui Rodrigues was born in Amarante on 14th of July 1978. He has a degree in Communication Sciences and a pos-graduation in Information and Journalism from University of Minho. 

Musician, author and trainer he began his career as a drummer (autodidact till the age of fifteen, later he was a private student of Wagner Ribeiro de Carvalho and Michael Lauren). Member co-founder of Big Fat Mamma, Red House Blues Band, Pyroscaphe and the association "Bombos com Alma". Rui was winner of the fifth edition of the festival Thermometer Unplugged and the third edition of Modern Music Festival Gondomar.

Working assiduously with schools, conservatories and percussion groups. Outlined educational programs for various cycles of regular education, as well as special education. He is interested in rhythm, communication and arts. He is the author of the following works: " Manual de Percussão Tradicional" (1st edition in November 2013, 2nd edition in June 2013 and 3rd edition in November 2015), and " A Toque de Caixa" (1st edition November 2014 ).

Composes regularly for portuguese percussion groups and played and recorded with Big Fat Mamma, Red House Blues Band, Pyroscaphe, At Freddy's House, Budda Power Blues, Trio Pagú, Galandum Galundaina, Michael Lauren, Miguel Pedro Guimarães (Mão Morta), Mafalda Arnauth, Carlão (Pacman), Miguel Ferreira (Clã), Sandy Kilpatrick, Peyo Peev, Adolfo Luxúria Canibal, Ronaldo Fonseca (Peixe: Avião) and worked in theater with António Fonseca, António Durães, Miso Ensemble and Paulo Castro.

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