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Elza Soares will give a concert history in the Coliseu dos Recreios, on Saturday, 26

1. Talib Kweli One of the most acclaimed names of today in the universe hip-hop, the rapper from Brooklyn is one of the great headliners of this year’s edition, where it operates in the renovated Cine-teatro Capitol, in Parque Mayer. The son of teachers, he soon began writing poems and short stories, but it was through rap that revealed his talent with words. In the late ‘ 90s with Mos Def and Hi-Tek, formed the trio Black Star, who left the story with a brilliant title of the same name, but it was the soil (and in the collaborations with names such as Kanye West, Common or Kendrick Lamar) Talib Kweli has earned a place in the history of music of the XXI century. the Cine-teatro Capitol > 25 nov, fri 21: 45 hrs

2. Dynamite At the beginning of the year, when he celebrated his 40-year career, Dina was honored by some of the artists of the new generation of national music, as Ana Bacalhau (Deolinda), Mitó (Naifa), Megan, Chick, Samuel Úria, B-Front, D’alva, Tochapestana or Best Youth, that reinterpretaram the repertoire of the author of Love Water Fesca. The concert, which marked also the return of the cantautora to the stage after years of absence, revisitaram in full the first album of Dinah, the Dynamite (1982), in addition to the other 14 songs were made between 1980 and 2000, in a unique spectacle, which is now recovered, once more, to the Mexefest. the Tivoli Theatre > 25 nov, fri 22h40

3. Howe Gelb Country, blues or folk-rock are some of the styles that have crossed in the already long career, with more than 30 years, this songwriter, performer and instrumentalist from Arizona. Among the several projects created by you, include the Giant Sand, where, since the 80s have been invited musicians such as Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, M. Ward, or Isobel Campbell. This concert is presented in format of trio, at the piano, with Thøger Lund on bass, and Andrew Collberg in the battery, to show for the first time to the Portuguese public the new disk Future Standards, a work composed by a set of ballads melody jazzy, that will surprise fans. the Casa Alentejo > 25 nov, fri, 23

4. Science Rhythmic Advanced After the success in last year’s edition, the journalist Rui Miguel Abreu back to being responsible for curating, Science, Rhythmic, Advanced, which brings up to the festival, a programme dedicated exclusively to the Portuguese hip-hop. The alignment joins musicians veterans such as Fuse, Dealema, or groups such as the Olive Trio, here in the company of the rapper Keso, with the new rap creole-Landim or promises as Beware Jack and Blasph. the Garage of EPAL > 26 nov, sat 20: 30-24h

5. Mallu Magalhães’s for more than a year living in london with her husband and also a musician Marcelo Camelo, it is the case to say that the brazilian artist will be playing at home in the Mexefest. This concert marks the return of the Mallu to the stage in his own name after the extensive tour with the Band of the Sea, with a show more intimate, in addition to recover some themes are older, will also serve to introduce you to some of the songs to include in the new disk the soil, with editing scheduled for the spring of next year. the Tivoli Theatre > 26 nov, sat 20h55

6. Celina da Piedade there are more than 50 disks in that this accordionist, singer, and songwriter participated, collaborating with diverse names such as Rodrigo Leão, Mayra Andrade, Uxia, Ludovico Einaudi, Gaiteiros de Lisboa, António Chainho, or Samuel Úria. Always having as north the Portuguese popular music, Celina da Piedade has extended the boundaries of the tradition, both geographic as a conceptual, to territories never before seen, as again happened with the Sun, the third album in his own name, published this month, which will serve as the starting point for this spectacle. the Palácio Foz > 26 nov, sat 21h10

7. Elza Soares Call him a living legend and it is little, because this sounds like the past and, at the age of 78 years, Elza Soares remains as current as ever. Even last year released the acclaimed the Woman at The End of the World, the first album composed of new themes, purposely written for you, in which the "singer of the millennium", as it is also known, deals with themes such as racism, violence, transgender, or drugs. A work of consecration, which has just received the Latin Grammy award for Best Album of Brazilian Popular Music, where the samba mixed with jazz or rock or hip-hop, that "the diva of bossa negra" now in Portugal, in a true concert history. the Coliseu dos Recreios > 26 nov, sat 22h10