Mariza, who is of Portuguese and Mozambican descent, isn't only interested in mining the past and evoking the spirit of the late Amália Rodrigues who's considered the greatest fadista of all time.

I’m writing this from Lisbon, Portugal, where my wife and I have been visiting her daughter, who lives here part of the year. At the same time, I’ve been thinking about all of you back home dealing ...

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 Portuguese singer opens up about collaborating with Rosalía, honoring fado traditions, and redefining global music ...

ZURICH (Reuters Life!) - Portuguese fado singer Mariza treated a sold-out Zurich audience to a show pushing the boundaries of her genre. The willowy singer with bleached blonde hair is at the vanguard ...

ON SULTRY summer nights, the passionately mournful fado music drifts out of bars and nightclubs in Lisbon. It’s urban music of the Portuguese soul, longing for lost love and lost chances. A singer, ...

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.

Wearing a long black wig, fishnet stockings and a miniskirt, "Lila Fadista" wafts a fan in front of his beard as he sings about the gay community's pain and revolt in lyrics not heard before in fado, ...

I myself am fascinated by Portugal in many ways. My interest in fado, a traditional Portuguese music genre began with my column “Origin of Portuguese And Korean Cultural Contact” on Dec. 23, 1992 in ...

This year, France is celebrating Portuguese culture. Fado music is often upheld as the essence of Lisbon, a mainstay in a rapidly changing capital city. In this special show from Portugal, Eve Jackson ...