Mariza's style wins new fans, provokes traditionalists , Fado singers rarely find fame beyond Portugal's borders. The country and its traditional folk music are bound together so tightly it is hard to ...
Portuguese fado singer Gisela João has been generating white-hot press for her uncompromising approach to this most traditional music. Her voice evokes fado as a music of the streets, where it began, ...
Ana Moura performs at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica next month on Feb. 17th. It is the perfect venue for her acoustic music. Elegant, not too big, great acoustics. Fado is like a fine, old but ...
The Portuguese genre Fado—which translates to “fate” or “destiny”—is analogous to (in American terms) a combination of folk-blues and cabaret song ...
Portuguese fado singer Gisela João has been generating white-hot press for her uncompromising approach to this most traditional music. Her voice evokes fado as a music of the streets, where it began, ...
FALL RIVER — Marta Pereira da Costa is truly one of a kind. The Lisbon native is the first and currently only professional female Fado guitarist in the world, and she will be bringing her music to The ...
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.
FALLRIVER — Marta Pereira da Costa is truly one of a kind. The Lisbon native is the first and currently only professional female Fado guitarist in the world, and she will be bringing her music to The ...