Alvaro Costa
Born in Porto, Portugal, in the last year of the ‘50s, Alvaro Costa is a leading pop culture opinion-maker in his country, where he is now based after a few years of international reporting from London and Los Angeles. With long experience in radio and TV production, plus assorted duties in areas as diverse as DJ’ing, Culture Festival management, Sports events, Costa keeps his own blog (www.viarapida.blogspot.com) and is now taking time out to track his vast collection of interviews, essays and rants for publication. He is a dedicated FC PORTO fan.
7 articles
List of articles in the library
Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant: Robert Plant Unledded
Interview by Alvaro Costa, unpublished, 1995
ROCK GODS SHOULD never leave their Olympus, in particular if they happen to stroll along a Parisian street during the city's Marathon. ...
Aimee Mann: Key Largo: A Catchup Chat with Aimee Mann
Interview by Alvaro Costa, Rock's Backpages, September 2001
AC: So you haven't become a "Lady of The Canyon" after all... ...
Live Review by Alvaro Costa, Rock's Backpages, July 2002
EVERYTHING WAS in its right place during Radiohead's intense Portuguese tour: sunny skies, five sold-out nights in Porto and Lisbon Coliseums, an adoring and ...
Queens Of The Stone Age: Cometh the Age, Cometh l’Homme
Interview by Alvaro Costa, Rock's Backpages, December 2002
To pay homage to Songs For The Deaf, RBP’s Album Of The Year, Alvaro Costa is granted an audience with the chief Queen of the ...
Nirvana: Kurt’s Chronicler: An Chat With Charles R. Cross
Interview by Alvaro Costa, Rock's Backpages, December 2002
Alvaro Costa checks in with the author of the acclaimed Heavier Than Heaven. ...
Report and Interview by Alvaro Costa, Luis Oliveira, Rock's Backpages, April 2005
AN EVENING IN MADRID - "blessed" by los galacticos Ronaldo and Luis Figo - kicked off Coldplay's world domination plan for 2005. Real Madrid's ...
Pete Doherty: A Dandy In Alto Minho
Interview by Alvaro Costa, Jose Manuel Simoes, Rock's Backpages, September 2007
PAREDES DE COURA, Portugal: a sleepy, lush village, somewhere northwest of Porto. Every summer, for five days, Coura moonlights as the sunnier, less muddy and ...
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