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 ...

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 ...

Goa’s fadista Sonia Shirsat was invited to perform the soulful music form of Fado in the Holy Land. She had one concert in Bethlehem and another in ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country's most beloved artists who was known as the "Sinatra" of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81.

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 ...

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 ...