The vocalist, coming to Jones Hall on Nov. 12, is at the forefront of a new generation that is reviving the centuries-old ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Beautiful Portugal is one of the oldest countries in Europe and had quite the empire at one point in history. Its borders ...

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An American at the forefront of the fado, a type of melancholy Portuguese folk music, Ramana Vieira says her show Friday at Journey Downtown in Vacaville will be an example of “fado fusion.” The ...

A few years ago I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, while it was still dark. At 6:30 a.m., just as the escalator pushed me up onto the sidewalk, the sun and the city were coming into their own. Everything ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE – It may be hard to believe but a 15-year-old took home this year’s Song of the Year trophy at the International Portuguese Music Awards, while two ...