The singer from Lisbon showed off her powerful vocals, proving that microphones and amplification to be unnecessary luxuries.

The music, traditionally performed in an intimate setting known as a "fado house," is guitar-based, and built around classical guitar and the notoriously difficult 12-string Portuguese guitar.

Listening to Portuguese fado singer Mariza, it's really hard not to be taken away by her passionate singing, charismatic stage presence, and sly sass. Yet, beneath her almost fragile and gentle ...

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.

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.

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Ana Moura has already won over discriminating fans such as Prince and the Rolling Stones. With her fifth studio album, "Desfado," the 31-year-old Portuguese singer who is leading the popular ...

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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.