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 ...

Carminho, the Portuguese fado singer and 2023 Latin Grammy nominee who was featured in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-winning film ‘Poor Things,’ said her recent limited U.S. tour was nothing short of ...

Ramana Vieira of Vacaville, an internationally known singer of fado, a kind of Portuguese folk song, usually melancholic and nostalgic, calls the music “a window into the soul” of Portuguese people.

Portuguese fado singer Carminho has released her new album, ‘Eu Vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir’. The album modernizes traditional fado by incorporating unconventional instruments and a collaboration ...

Fado, sometimes called the Portuguese blues, is a centuries-old folk style traditionally used to express saudade–nostalgic melancholy. It’s an ideal vehicle for the kind of voice that makes people ...

To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and bohemia. With a new state-of-the-art exhibition celebrating fado’s greatest ...