WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Known as the new face of traditional Portuguese Fado music, world music singer Mariza will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 14 at Purdue Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. The concert ...

Vacaville-based singer and pianist Ramana Vieira specializes in fado, the traditional Portuguese folk music likened to American blues, but she continues to expand her song list to include music that ...

If you know about the Portuguese folksong genre fado, it's probably because of Mariza. Her rich, warm voice and charismatic delivery have made her the best-known of a new generation of fado singers—or ...

The vocalist, coming to Jones Hall on Nov. 12, is at the forefront of a new generation that is reviving the centuries-old ...

Carminho, the Portuguese fado singer and 2023 Latin Grammy nominee who was featured in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-winning film ‘Poor Things,’ said her recent limited U.S. tour was nothing short of ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s nearing midnight in Alfama, Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhood, when a lady in black steps into a taverna. The bar staff scurry to turn ...

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Ramana Vieira of Vacaville, an internationally known singer of fado, a kind of Portuguese folk song, usually melancholic and nostalgic, calls the music “a window into the soul” of Portuguese people.

Portuguese singer Ana Moura captures her country’s traditional fado soul music with a wise tenderness that exceeds her mere 30 years. In a genre centered around shattered love and unrequited desires, ...

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Fado is Portugal’s traditional folk music, Alfredo Gago da Câmara is one of its finest players. A musician, poet, teacher, author and composer, he’s travelled the world entertaining. Tomorrow night, ...

An encounter with the sounds that move a nation is one of the absolute joys of travel. From unexpectedly stumbling upon locals singing and dancing in a leafy park to attending a highly anticipated ...