Twelve-year-old Samhaira Furtado’s powerful rich voice intoned the lyrics of a classic Portuguese fado, Cancao do Mar or song of the sea, as she rehearsed before the elimination round of a fado ...

Former President Barack Obama has been listening to fado this summer. He recently revealed his list of top summer picks, which includes Portuguese fado singer Carminho and superstars like Billie ...

The songs, heartwrenching and full of nostalgia, had been heard for more than a century in roadside taverns and cafes. But instead of these cafes and small clubs, Misia has been able to take the ...

Rajan Datar delves into the chequered history of Portuguese fado with expert guests Ellen Gray, Rui Vieira Nery and Simon Broughton. Show more In its 200-year lifetime the Portuguese song known as ...

The music group is rewriting traditional Portuguese fado songs into anti-discrimination anthems for 2019 – and has a growing following Tiago Lila and João Caçador, musicians and activists in a group ...

This week his passions converged when Moby Islands released Promised Land, a song sparked by time he spent researching in Bermuda last year. Initially, he and band member Rui Faria wrote Promised Land ...