Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” was never supposed to end up on the latest album by Portugal’s musical grande dame. Mariza, a fado powerhouse, and Brazilian pianist Ivan Lins were just clowning around, ...

Toronto is hosting its first-ever International Fado Festival, a three-weekend event uniting local fadistas with Portuguese stars. Fuelled by Hollywood moments and a new generation of artists, the ...

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 ...

Marta Pereira Da Costa is, if anything, a trailblazer. The musician from Portugal, who plays the fairly unique Portuguese guitar, has become the first female professional performe ...

Antonio Patriota shares his views on art as a tool of soft power and the importance of music in his diplomatic journey. Antonio Patriota, the Brazilian ambassador to the UK, is no stranger to the ...

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 ...

Milinković, a multiple award-winning and internationally recognized Sarajevo singer-songwriter, first heard fado performed by the “queen” of the genre, Amália Rodrigues, back in 2008. She says: I like ...