José Mário Monteiro Guedes Branco (May 25, 1942 – November 19, 2019) was a
Portuguese folk and protest singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer from
Porto. He studied history at the University of Coimbra. In 1963, Branco went
into exile in France due to his opposition to the Portuguese dictatorship and
colonial war. While in France, he released the album Mudam-se os tempos,
mudam-se as vontades (1971). Branco returned to Portugal in 1974 and founded the
ensemble GAC – Grupo de Acção Cultural, which released the albums A cantiga é
uma arma (1976) and Pois canté! (1977). In 19...