Lusitanian Ghosts (PT)

Lusitanian Ghosts features ancient Portuguese chordophones and other European string instruments, promoting ancient sounds in the 21st Century.

Re-casting these heritage folk violas into rock n roll songs, the artist collective writes from a socio-political perspective on building a better world, creating songs from and for the heart and the mind.

Their second album, recorded on analogue tape at Clouds Hill Studios in Hamburg, will be out in the Summer of 2021.

Lusitanian Ghosts are Neil Leyton, Micke Ghost, João Sousa, Omiri, O Gajo, Abel Beja, Janne Olson and other artists that come and go within the collective.

It is a musical project that mixes indie songwriting with traditional Portuguese instruments like the Beiroa, Campaniça, Braguesa, Terceirense and Amarantina guitars – or violas as they are called in Portugal: each with its own string arrangements and tunings.

Project Website: www.lusitanianghosts.com