Rita Braga (Lisbon, 1985) is a Portuguese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for her eclectic and whimsical style that blends elements of folk, pop, cabaret, and experimental music. With a distinctive voice and a playful approach to songwriting, she draws inspiration from a wide range of influences, including vintage tunes, world music, and surreal storytelling. Her repertoire includes songs in more than 10 languages.

As a solo artist, over the last 15 years she has toured extensively all over Europe and also in the US, Brazil, Australia and Japan.

Her 4th album Illegal Planet (Comets Coming, 2023), has been described as An engrossing disc that somehow reveals more layers with each listen. (Shindig! Magazine). Nobody blends early jazz and post-punk electronica with quite the same ease and impact as the Portuguese chanteuse, and her unpredictable quirkiness never fails to shock, surprise and delight. Rita’s music knows no frontier and her ability to combine convention and experimentation delivers a sound that manages to sound traditional and futuristic at the same time. (At The Barrier – Best of 2023)

Before she released Time Warp Blues (2020), co-produced with Andrea Rocca in London; Bird on the Moon (Lunadélia Recs, 2018/Moorworks, Japan 2019), which was listed on a “Top 15 Ukulele” by The Wire Magazine; Gringo in São Paulo (2015), an EP written in produced while having a residency in Brazil, and the critically acclaimed debut album Cherries That Went To The Police, produced by Bernardo Devlin.

She wrote and performed a sci-fi minimal ukulele pop operetta called A Quantic Dream. The show combined a dream sequence, astrophysics, burlesque, animation and lighthearted existentialism.

Braga graduated in Music Sciences at The New University of Lisbon, and completed the MA Performance Making at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2019. She has also worked as a visual artist, doing illustration and animation, alongside composing soundtracks for animated shorts and TV commercials.

Her numerous collaborations include work with Ana da Silva, Felix Kubin, Ian Svenonius (The Make-Up), The Legendary Tigerman and Nik Phelps.