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.

Media contacts: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu LOWELL, Mass. – In an evening filled with folk songs and musical ...

A tribute concert for legendary fado singer Amália Rodrigues was held at New York's Carnegie Hall. The show featured fado singers Cristina Branco, Raquel Tavares, and Ricardo Ribeiro with the ...

The Town Hall has announced Portuguese singer Mariza in a special streaming concert event, being filmed exclusively for this broadcast. Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal to be webcast January 29 at 8:00PM ...

NEW BEDFORD – Award-winning Portuguese fado singers Hélder Moutinho and Maria Emília will join forces for two concerts in Massachusetts next month. On June 2, they’ll take the stage at 7:30 p.m. at ...

With a number of local musicians and DJs moving online, fado, the musical form of Portuguese origin, was the next in line! On Sunday night, a majestic heritage home in Benaulim was the location for a ...

With her smoky voice and her high-fashion look, the self-proclaimed “punk of fado” found stardom by shaking up a venerable Portuguese genre. By Alex Williams Mísia, an acclaimed singer who helped ...

LOWELL — UMass Lowell will welcome homegrown fado singer Alison Dasilva along with Pedro Botas for the university’s annual “Sounds of Portugal” concert on Saturday, May 2. As a musical genre, fado was ...

Seen from an American perspective, the renewal of Portuguese fado — a trend that has surged in the last 10 to 15 years — has brought a glamorous addition to world-music programming. Seductive stars ...

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 ...