Júlio Fernando de Jesus Pereira, known as Júlio Pereira, was born on December
22, 1953, in Moscavide, Portugal. He began playing the mandolin at age seven and
started his career with rock bands like The Playboys and Petrus Castrus. A
meeting with José Mário Branco during the recording of Mestre in Paris led him
to focus on traditional Portuguese music. Following the 1974 Carnation
Revolution, Pereira directed the music for Raul Solnado's play Liberdade,
liberdade. His debut solo album, Bota-Fora (1975), addressed themes of
colonialism. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he released ...