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 ...

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 ...

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In 1920 the voice of Portugal was born. Her name: Amália Rodrigues. A new exhibition focussing on the musician's star-spangled life, titled 'Ah Amália - Living Experience', is opening in the ...

Portuguese artists Camané and Janeiro have been nominated for the 26th annual Latin Grammy Awards. Camané is nominated for Best Portuguese Language Roots Album for his live tribute to José Mário ...

Fado singer Carminho enters 2024 planning a new international tour, thinking about a new album, and reaping the rewards of unforeseen experiences, such as appearing in Yorgos Lanthimos’ film “Poor ...

Vacaville-based singer and pianist Ramana Vieira specializes in fado, the traditional Portuguese folk music likened to American blues, but lately she and her backing quartet expanded their song list ...

Sonia Shirsat, a household name in Goa, has put the state on the world map with her renditions of Fado, the Portuguese semi-classical music form. Sonia now is gearing up to wow Mumbaikars with her ...

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 next month. The performance, ...

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 ...

It happened in an instant. Mariza, one of the leading contemporary singers of the gloriously melancholic Portuguese music known as fado, has a powerful voice that could knock the Earth off its axis.

To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and bohemia. With a new state-of-the-art exhibition celebrating fado’s greatest ...