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.

UNITY — Fado, a unique Portuguese music form, will return to Unity in a concert by Tremolino at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. Fado is a fiery, ...

With her smoky voice and her high-fashion look, the self-proclaimed “punk of fado” found stardom by shaking up a venerable Portuguese genre. By Alex Williams Mísia, an acclaimed singer who helped ...

Lisbon is having a moment. Once a sleepy secret with its back to Europe, Portugal’s sun-drenched capital has emerged from the global recession to become one of the world’s hottest destinations. In ...

With a number of local musicians and DJs moving online, fado, the musical form of Portuguese origin, was the next in line! On Sunday night, a majestic heritage home in Benaulim was the location for a ...

LOWELL — UMass Lowell will welcome homegrown fado singer Alison Dasilva along with Pedro Botas for the university’s annual “Sounds of Portugal” concert on Saturday, May 2. As a musical genre, fado was ...