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.

Two award-winning vocalists in the Portuguese music genre fado, singer-songwriter Helder Moutinho and singer Maria Emília, will join forces for “The Sounds of Portugal,” a one-night-only concert next ...

New Jersey based MDFADO Productions has put together a star cast for a never before seen partnership between fado and dance. "Fado Moves," a modern take on traditional fado, will be making a stop in ...

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 ...

Having made gorgeous, erotic, bluntly titled performance films about flamenco (1995’s “Flamenco”) and tango (1998’s “Tango”), Spain’s Carlos Saura aims his gaze at Portuguese fado singing. Like those ...

LOWELL — Two award-winning vocalists in the Portuguese music genre fado, singer-songwriter Helder Moutinho and singer Maria Emília, will join forces for “The Sounds of Portugal,” a one-night-only ...

Carlos do Carmo helped popularize fado, Portugal's national music, and gave it a political edge when Portugal's dictatorship fell in 1974. This... At 78, Carlos Do Carmo, The 'Sinatra Of Fado,' Makes ...

Singer Mariza has been the driving force in revitalizing the lamenting Portuguese musical genre fado, sometimes likened to the blues, a revival sparked by release of her first studio album in 2001.

The musical threads of the Portuguese-speaking world stretch from Europe to South America and even to Africa. Betto Arcos, host of Global Village on KPFK in Los Angeles, gives Guy Raz a musical tour ...

That's the first thing to notice about Portuguese fado, the dramatic, tear-stained music born many generations ago - perhaps in the 1820s, but some claim earlier - on the crowded streets of Lisbon's ...