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.

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.

The Portuguese word fado means fate. Fado songs have a reputation for being mournful and full of tragic stories about destiny -- a kind of Portuguese folk music that many people liken to American ...

Former President Barack Obama has been listening to fado this summer. He recently revealed his list of top summer picks, which includes Portuguese fado singer Carminho and superstars like Billie ...

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For her still-in-the-works album, Ramana Vieira, a Vacaville resident and a convincing practitioner of fado, a type of melancholy Portuguese folk music, said the theme of the recording centers on her ...

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 ...

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 ...

Called a rising star in World Music by the San Francisco Examiner, vocalist Ramana Vieira released her new CD Lagrimas De Rainha (Tears Of A Queen) on the Pacific Coast Jazz label on March 24, 2009.

The Town Hall is pleased to announce Portuguese singer Mariza in a special streaming concert event, being filmed exclusively for this broadcast. Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal to be webcast January 29 ...