"Rimas e Batidas: A Decade of Change in Portuguese and Global Music (2015–2025)", edited by João Mineiro, a researcher at CRIA, has just been published. The book is the result of research into the archives of the magazine "Rimas e Batidas". The book seeks to select and contextualise a collection of texts that bear witness to and reflect on some of the most significant transformations that have taken place in the music scenes in Portugal and around the world over the last decade, with particular attention to hip-hop culture, jazz, electronic and Afro-diasporic music, and new approaches to traditional Portuguese musical repertoires developed by a new generation of artists.

The publication brings together texts by 29 authors, including essays, reviews, interviews, feature articles and commemorative obituaries, and also includes a collection of previously unpublished material on the history and future of music made in Portugal. The forewords are written by the journalist Isilda Sanches and the rapper Capicua. The edition also benefits from the support of the Portuguese Society of Authors.

In the introductory essay, João Mineiro offers an interpretation of the recent evolution of music in Portugal as an expression of profound social, cultural and political transformations. The text argues that the last decade has seen the emergence of a more diverse and pluralistic musical landscape, characterised by the rise of artists and communities historically marginalised from traditional centres of cultural production. Going beyond an exercise in remembrance and archival analysis, the book presents itself as a contribution to the future history of music made in Portugal in the early decades of the 21st century, reflecting on the relationships between artistic creation, identities, memory, resistance and social transformation. The introductory essay by João Mineiro is available here: https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/as-rimas-e-as-batidas-de-um-pais-ao-espelho-e-em-transformacao/