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.

Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country's most beloved artists who was known as the "Sinatra" of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81.

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 ...

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 ...

Fados, the bittersweet songs of Portugal, are like rare vintage wines: they don’t travel well. They are best savored in the small lantern-lit taverns tucked away in the cobblestone alleys of old ...

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LOWELL — 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 on Saturday. The ...

The fishing town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, is described in Passionada‘s opening credits as “a little bit of Portugal in America.” In fact, nostalgia for Europe permeates the characters’ lives, ...

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 ...