Jorge Goes was born on 31st of July, 1968. His connection to music was revealed at a very young age, specifically the age of six.
His debut happened years later, at the Cine-Teatro (theatre house) in Elvas, in 1993, in a charity show in benefit of the firefighter department of Elvas.
Jorge Goes also began to perform in Fado houses throughout the country, many of them in Lisbon.
In 1995 he participated in several talent shows on television, radio, and cultural associations, reaching very interesting results.
In 1997 he took part in the traditional festivities of Crato, in which he shared the stage with the Fado singer Camané.
After several Fado performances around the country, Jorge Goes started to explore other music genres, namely Jazz and Bossa Nova, recording a few Fado songs with a jazz twist, calling this project “Fado com Swing”, with which he performed in several concerts.
Through a common friend, Jorge Goes met the singer José Cid, in 2002, who immediately invited him to record his first album “Contra Corrente” (2001), signed by Upgrade Records record label and distributed by Ovação record label. The album was characterized by a fusion of different music genres and was produced by José Cid.
Several shows based on this album, with the special participation of José Cid, took place afterwards, along with several participations in television and radio shows in Portugal and Spain.
Jorge Goes was distinguished with a Praise and Distinction award by the Elvas Town Hall in 2003.
After several performances in casinos, hotels, private, radio and charity parties, in Portugal and abroad, a new album was edited in 2013, “Tempo ao Tempo”, signed by the Numérica record label. This was an album of original songs, most of them written by the singer, to which he joined themes by André Sarbib, Paulo de Carvalho, Ivan Lins and Claudio Ribeiro.
The album was produced by André Sarbib and Cláudio Cesar Ribeiro. Jorge Goes took on the role of singer songwriter in this project.
Through his entrepreneur’s soul, Jorge Goes created the ArtJazz Festival of Elvas, in 2013, taking on its production and artistic direction ever since.
2017 was the year of the recording of his third album, “Fado novo Fado velho”, going back to his origins, linked to the most iconic Portuguese style, and which de dedicated to his late father, João Goes. The producer of this album was his friend and well-known musician, Carlos Menezes. “Fado Novo Fado velho” was recorded between May and September of the same year, with original songs by Jorge Goes as well as traditional and other popular Fado songs. The album was presented in Lisbon on the 3rd of March 2018, in Casa Alentejo and promoted through numerous concerts in theatres and cultural venues, in Portugal and Spain, in 2018/19.
During 2020, with a forced stop in his artistic life on account of the Covid19 pandemic, Jorge Goes composed several tunes to “marry” with the lyrics written by some of his poet friends.
In 2022 he went back to the studio to record his fourth album, “Essências”, in the Quinta do Cruzeiro, Primetime and NC studios, counting with the well-known musician and producer Filipe Larsen to produce it. José Cid and Jorge Goes, himself, oversaw the coproduction. The album is composed of thirteen original songs and a Spanish version of one of them. Apart from the seven songs composed by Jorge Goes, the album also counts with the participation of great and well renowned Portuguese authors and composers, namely Tozé Brito, Manuel Alegre, Mário Rainho, José Cid Mário Mata, Daniel Gouveia, Carlos Baleia, José Fernandes Castro Alberto Franco, Soledade Martinho da Costa and Francisco Rasquilha.
Jorge Goes launches his new album Essências with its premiere in Elvas in June 2023 and in October in Lisbon at the Casa do Alentejo, followed by numerous concerts in Portugal and Spain, presenting the album in April 2024 in Venezuela in the city of Caracas, at the Viva Venezuela World Festival where he represented Portugal. In November 2024 he presents the album in Badajoz, Spain.
It is worth noting that in 2024 he also participates in the 14th FadoTV Gala and in the 8th Fado Gala of Voz do Operário. In October 2024 Jorge Goes takes his ArtJaZz Festival to Ponte de Sôr, producing the 1st edition.
In 2025 Jorge Goes will present a new concert “Me va Me va Me va”, a tribute to Júlio Iglesias, and the recording of a new album with Manouchka is also planned.
