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 ...
The voice. 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 ...
Join Tom and Mike for an immersive journey through Alfama, Lisbon’s storied neighborhood. Discover scenic viewpoints, Portuguese cuisine like sardines and pasteis de nata, and iconic sites including ...
It's after dark in Lisbon's ramshackle Alfama neighborhood. Old-timers gather in restaurants, which serve little more than grilled sardines, to hear and sing Portugal's mournful fado -- the lament of ...
She sweeps in with regal dignity, the very image of a diva, her sumptuous black dress gently caressing the stage floor, her short, light blond hair and slim figure making an arresting sight. Mariza, ...
Fado, which means “fate” or “destiny” in Portuguese, originated in the working-class neighborhoods of Lisbon in the early 19th century. It reflects the yearnings, sorrows, and joys of the Portuguese ...
When night falls, the doleful sounds of "fado" echo across Lisbon's oldest quarter where this folk music was born nearly two centuries ago and lives on - even thrives - as a symbol of Portugal. The ...
ON SULTRY summer nights, the passionately mournful fado music drifts out of bars and nightclubs in Lisbon. It’s urban music of the Portuguese soul, longing for lost love and lost chances. A singer, ...
When Portuguese girls lie in bed at night dreaming of the spotlight, they don’t yearn to become Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga. They want to be Amalia Rodrigues. Traveling, in great part, is the process of ...
Ana Moura is one of the world's leading performers of fado, the distinctive Portuguese music famous for its mournful tunes and lyrics (she describes it as 'Portuguese soul music'). Ana, 33, sings all ...
She sweeps in with regal dignity, the very image of a diva, her sumptuous black dress gently caressing the stage floor, her short, light blond hair and slim figure making an arresting sight. Mariza, ...
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