In recent years, the melancholic Portuguese folk music known as fado has gotten a lot of play around the world. Many of the singers have stylized their songs to suit the tastes of an international ...

Mariza, who is of Portuguese and Mozambican descent, isn't only interested in mining the past and evoking the spirit of the late Amália Rodrigues who's considered the greatest fadista of all time.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Having made gorgeous, erotic, bluntly titled performance films about flamenco (1995’s “Flamenco”) and tango (1998’s “Tango”), Spain’s Carlos Saura aims his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portuguese fado singers Marisa and Carlos do Carmo perform at the show of the New 7 Wonders in Lisbon's Luz stadium By Catarina ...

Charismatic Mariza has sparked a stylish revival of Portugal’s national music back home, and now gives it a global twist After Portuguese fado star Mariza made her debut album independently, she went ...

I’m writing this from Lisbon, Portugal, where my wife and I have been visiting her daughter, who lives here part of the year. At the same time, I’ve been thinking about all of you back home dealing ...

Fado, which means “fate” or “destiny” in Portuguese, originated in the working-class neighborhoods of Lisbon in the early 19th century. It reflects the yearnings, sorrows, and joys of the Portuguese ...

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 ...

Wearing a long black wig, fishnet stockings and a miniskirt, "Lila Fadista" wafts a fan in front of his beard as he sings about the gay community's pain and revolt in lyrics not heard before in fado, ...

The Boston Portuguese Festival is postponed until 2027, but organizers are hosting a 'Fado & Wine Tasting Celebration' ...

When night falls, the doleful sounds of "fado" echo across Lisbon's oldest quarter where this folk music was born nearly two centuries ago and lives on - even thrives - as a symbol of Portugal. The ...