Shout!
Gospel Vocal Group
Three decades of gospel in Portugal
Since 1995, bringing the joy and energy of gospel to Portuguese stages.
Shout! was formed in May 1995 to sing with Sara Tavares on her first album and has since become one of the benchmarks of gospel in Portugal. Gospel at heart, with soul, funk and pop never far away, the group has built a sound of its own: tight harmonies, original arrangements and a stage energy that lifts any room.
It recorded the live CD/DVD Gospeling in the Grand Auditorium of Lisbon’s CCB, has played Rock in Rio Lisboa twice, and has shared stages or records with Mariza, Rui Veloso, Carminho, Boss AC, Ala dos Namorados, Angélique Kidjo and Lenine.
With 8 voices and piano or 12 voices and band, it is a concert that works in a church, a concert hall or a town square, at Christmas and all year round. Line-up subject to change.
The story
Shout! came together in May 1995 to sing with Sara Tavares on her debut record. In 2002 they released their first album of original material, Human Faith, and the Christmas record Shout! Natal, with Nuno Guerreiro and Olavo Bilac; over the years they have sung with Rui Veloso, João Gil, Adelaide Ferreira, Santos & Pecadores and Boss AC, and backed Mariza at Lisbon’s Pavilhão Atlântico (2007).
In 2009 they played the Grand Auditorium of Lisbon’s Centro Cultural de Belém in a concert recorded for Gospeling, released on CD and DVD in 2011 and described by the group as the first live gospel DVD released in Portugal. That same year they sang at the Grande Concerto de Natal at Campo Pequeno, broadcast by RTP, with Carminho, Mariza, Ricardo Ribeiro and Rui Veloso.
They played Rock in Rio Lisboa in 2012, with Boss AC, and again in 2014 on the Palco Mundo, with Lenine, Angélique Kidjo and Rui Veloso. Their recreation of ‘Caçador de Sóis’ with Ala dos Namorados was nominated at the 2013 Globos de Ouro. Then came the singles ‘Sorri’, ‘Make It Right’ and ‘Fall Behind’, the SPA galas at the CCB and, in 2021, a project that brought 100 voices together in ‘A Sky Full of Stars’.
In 2023 they performed at the PLAY Portuguese Music Awards gala. In 2025 they marked 30 years with a Christmas tour taking in Sintra, Guimarães, Aveiro, Ponte de Lima, Loulé, Olhão and Coruche, and on 28 March 2026 they celebrated the anniversary at the Centro Cultural Gil Vicente in Sardoal.
The core line-up brings together twelve voices, four sopranos, four altos, two baritones and two tenors. The group is led by tenor Ricardo Quintas, its managing director and arranger. Line-up subject to change.
From gospel to soul
Kirk Franklin — My Life Is in Your Hands · Always · Hold Me Now
Fred Hammond — You Called Me Friend
Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah (Shout! arrangement)
Cyndi Lauper — True Colors (Shout! arrangement)
Bob Marley — Redemption Song (Shout! arrangement)
Ala dos Namorados — Caçador de Sóis
Coldplay — A Sky Full of Stars (100 voices)
Traditional — Oh Happy Day · Freedom
Projects and programmes
Live
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PLAY Awards 2023 · with Bateu Matou and Mãos que Cantam
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‘A Sky Full of Stars’ · 100 voices (2021)
Photography: Courtesy of qMusic
Selected stages
From Rock in Rio to churches, from major concert halls to town squares: a group at home on any stage, with 8 to 18 voices.
2026 · Sardoal — Centro Cultural Gil Vicente · 30th-anniversary concert
2025 · Sintra — Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval · Christmas concert
2025 · Ponte de Lima — Teatro Diogo Bernardes · Christmas concert
2025 · Olhão — Igreja Matriz (parish church) · Christmas concert
2014 · Lisbon — Rock in Rio Lisboa · Palco Mundo, with Lenine, Angélique Kidjo and Rui Veloso
2012 · Lisbon — Rock in Rio Lisboa · Palco Sunset, with Boss AC
2009 · Lisbon — Centro Cultural de Belém, Grand Auditorium · recording of ‘Gospeling’
2009 · Lisbon — Campo Pequeno · Grande Concerto de Natal (RTP)
Alongside
Sara Tavares
Mariza
Rui Veloso
Carminho
Boss AC
Ala dos Namorados
Angélique Kidjo
Lenine
Bring the energy of Shout! to your stage.
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