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 ...

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, ...

In recent years, the melancholic Portuguese folk music known as fado has gotten a lot of play around the world. Many of the singers have stylized their songs to suit the tastes of an international ...

Fado music, which comes from Portugal, captures the mournful emotions of lost love and life at sea. A Portuguese-born singer is bringing the traditional folk music to an American audience. Ilda Maria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collaboration between the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Madeiran Heritage will bring Portuguese music and ...

Mariza, the reigning queen of Portuguese fado music, appears Saturday, February 21, at 8 pm at UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs, co-sponsored by the Portuguese Foundation of ...

Even the word fado loosely translates as “destiny”. “Destiny, fate, sign,” explains Mariza, who will be one of the headline acts at WOMADelaide this month, as part of a tour which includes solo shows ...

Listening to Portuguese fado singer Mariza, it's really hard not to be taken away by her passionate singing, charismatic stage presence, and sly sass. Yet, beneath her almost fragile and gentle ...

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 ...

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.

A collaboration between the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Madeiran Heritage will bring Portuguese music and culture to New Bedford with a special outdoor performance on Sept. 26.