Guitar Players

José Mota is from Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal. He currently lives in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the US.In addition to playing the Portuguese guitar, viola do fado, and viola baixo, José is also a…

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Originally from Ericeira in Portugal, Francisco Chuva started singing fado when he was a teenager.In his early fado nights in Portugal, he sang at local bars and restaurants and later started playing the viola de fado. At the…

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Chico Ávila was born and raised on the island of Pico, Azores, Chico Avila emigrated to California in 1979. The first eight years of his career were dedicated exclusively to the American music scene which gave him the…

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