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.

FALL RIVER – Fado star Gisela João says you can listen to her heart sing as she surrenders to the words during her performances. “That’s how I feel about fado ...

International Fado sensation Mariza will visit Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as part of her North American tour on Sunday, Oct. 23, in support of her new album “Mundo” ...

Fado is the music of Portugal, a haunting, emotional style intimately bound up with that tiny country's history and seagoing soul. Yet on her latest recording, Mariza, fado's greatest contemporary ...

Ana Moura has already won over discriminating fans such as Prince and the Rolling Stones. With her fifth studio album, "Desfado," the 31-year-old Portuguese singer who is leading the popular ...

Singer Mariza has been the driving force in revitalizing the lamenting Portuguese musical genre fado, sometimes likened to the blues, a revival sparked by release of her first studio album in 2001.

Mariza may well be the new sort of Portuguese conqueror. But instead of sailing the world's oceans in elegant caravels in search of spices and gold, the bleached blonde songstress is conquering ...

Portuguese singer António Zambujo made it clear from the start that he was an audacious artist. His 2002 debut album, O Mesma Fado (“The Same Fado”), began with the title track, and a couple of false ...

One of the most exciting new fado vocalists, Gisela João will make her New York City debut at the Schimmel Center at Pace University on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the first NY Fado ...

The Dakota was dark on Monday night. Almost as dark as when Prince performed there. This time, though, he was in the audience and sent several floral arrangements that adorned Ana Moura's dimly lit ...

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 ...