Quinta do Bill

Quinta do Bill (Bill's Farm in english) is the name of the portuguese musical group of folk-rock formed in 1987 near Tomar (Portugal) It has a very characteristic style, eclectic but easily distinguishable with several influences being celtic, pop, rock and amerindian tradicional songs the most obvious - although there are relations to the so called "world music". The name of the group refers to the place where the first members of the group began rehearsing - the farm of a certain Guilherme (Portuguese variant of the name William, which can be shortened to Bill).

It has a very characteristic style, eclectic but easily distinguishable with several influences being celtic, pop, rock and amerindian tradicional songs the most obvious - although there are relations to the so called "world music".
The name of the group refers to the place where the first members of the group began rehearsing - the farm of a certain Guilherme (Portuguese variant of the name William, which can be shortened to Bill). The main composer and founder of the band is Carlos Mois?s (singer, guitar and flute), followed since 1987 by Paulo Bizarro. The band has recorded 8 albums, one live and one "best of".
2008 is the year of the first DVD of the band, scheduled to be released on March.