The voice. 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 ...

Vacaville’s own fado chanteuse, Ramana Vieira will add Portguese spice to a holiday-themed performance Thursday night in the Vacaville Museum. While fado (literally “fate” in Portuguese) will be ...

Fado singer Carminho—who grew up in her mother's Libson fado bar—shares the best places to hear the sound throughout the city ...

As the first woman to professionally take up the Portuguese guitar, Lisbon’s Marta Pereira da Costa can fairly be described as a musical pioneer who has opened up new territory for female musicians.

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 ...

Madonna loved the city's secret music spots so much she moved there. Here's our guide to them At spots like the funky warehouse B.Leza and the roomier, multilevel Lux Frágil, partiers are sometimes ...

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.

Carlos do Carmo grew up in Lisbon, Portugal and is the son of Lucília do Carmo, one of the great singers of the golden age of fado, which began in the late 1920s. His mother's club in Lisbon became a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Acclaimed Portuguese-Canadian playwright Elaine Ávila's play, FADO, is a tale of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Produced by the Firehall Arts Centre along with Victoria's Puente Theatre, FADO - ...