Srgio Godinho’s 25 April: From exile in Canada to freedom in Portugal [Video]

Sérgio Godinho‘s career is just a few years older than democracy in Portugal. In 1974, the year of the revolution, he released his third studio album, ‘À queima-roupa’ (At Point Blank Range).

The singer of the resistance was living in exile in Canada and had left behind two albums recorded during the dictatorship, the first of which, “Os sobreviventes” (recorded in 1971 and released the following year), was banned by the regime, followed by “Pré-histórias” (1972).

Godinho notes the interesting coincidence between the names of the albums and the situation in Portugal: “The name ‘Os sobreviventes’ has to do with the past, with everything that had happened up to that point, with those who survived. ‘Prehistories’, deals with the possibility of an announcement. One way …