The music, traditionally performed in an intimate setting known as a "fado house," is guitar-based, and built around classical guitar and the notoriously difficult 12-string Portuguese guitar.

Sounds of Portugal: A magical night of fado featuring singers Alison Dasilva and Pedro Botas accompanied by Ricardo Parreira and Nelson Aleixo from Portugal. Alison Dasilva, winner of the best New ...

LOWELL — Charismatic fado singer Katia Guerreiro, honored by the governments of Portugal and France for her virtuosity in the genre, will make her UMass Lowell debut in concert on Saturday. The ...

Portuguese Fado singer Katia Guerreiro will perform at UMass Lowell on March 22. The concert will benefit the university's Saab Center for Portuguese Studies and other programs. Guerreiro has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Lisbon is the city of fado,” says Portuguese singer Carminho. “You have to experience it when you're there.” Carminho, who ...

The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra will make its U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 11 to honor legendary Fado singer Amália Rodrigues. Titled ‘Amália in America – Beyond Fado,’ the show will feature ...

After being pivotal in the recent Fado revival (the blues-like genre native to Lisbon) with her honest and impassioned interpretation, this Mozambique-born songstress dares to take the genre into a ...

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She sweeps in with regal dignity, the very image of a diva, her sumptuous black dress gently caressing the stage floor, her short, light blond hair and slim figure making an arresting sight. Mariza, ...

UMass Lowell will host "The Sounds of Portugal," a fado concert, on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. The event features singers ...

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 ...

ZURICH (Reuters Life!) - Portuguese fado singer Mariza treated a sold-out Zurich audience to a show pushing the boundaries of her genre. The willowy singer with bleached blonde hair is at the vanguard ...