Singer Mariza has been the driving force in revitalizing the lamenting Portuguese musical genre fado, sometimes likened to the blues, a revival sparked by release of her first studio album in 2001.

Contacts for media: Christine Gillette, UMass Lowell, [email protected] and Sophia Willinger, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, [email protected] LOWELL, Mass. – UMass Lowell and ...

Fado, the soulful music of Portugal, has been likened to the blues, to tango, to flamenco, to the rebetika of Greece. And the similarities are valid, to the extent that each genre represents a music ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Known as the new face of traditional Portuguese Fado music, world music singer Mariza will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 14 at Purdue Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. The concert ...

The Saab Center for Portuguese Studies at UMass Lowell and the Lowell Memorial Auditorium are proud to present international music star Mariza on Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m at the Lowell Memorial ...

Fado is the music of Portugal, a haunting, emotional style intimately bound up with that tiny country's history and seagoing soul. Yet on her latest recording, Mariza, fado's greatest contemporary ...

Most of the time, concerts are simply a way for performers to bring music to where their fans are. But on rare occasions, the best artists are able to transport listeners to other realms -- a ...

Mariza will perform at the Lobero Theatre on Oct. 16. Credit: Courtesy photo Jazz at the Lobero presents Mariza on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Gifted with an expressive and powerful soprano, ...

If you know about the Portuguese folksong genre fado, it's probably because of Mariza. Her rich, warm voice and charismatic delivery have made her the best-known of a new generation of fado singers—or ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Town Hall is pleased to announce Portuguese singer Mariza in a special ...

Few performers predominate a genre as Amália Rodrigues has with fado, from her rise in the 1930s and even beyond her death in 1999. Now, today’s leading ambassador of the mournful Portuguese genre, ...