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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Acclaimed Portuguese-Canadian playwright Elaine Ávila's play, FADO, is a tale of ...

Carlos do Carmo grew up in Lisbon, Portugal and is the son of Lucília do Carmo, one of the great singers of the golden age of fado, which began in the late 1920s. His mother's club in Lisbon became a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Produced by the Firehall Arts Centre along with Victoria's Puente Theatre, FADO - ...

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 ...