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.

Saudade vai-te embora (Saudade go away)--Rosinha dos limoes (Little Rose of the lemons)--Tristezas (Sadness)--Igreja de Santa Cruz (Church of Santa Cruz)--Lisboa, da beira mar (Lisbon by the river ...

Fado is a school of music and singing born of African and Brazilian roots, first flourishing in the port towns and poor, working-class neighborhoods of 19th-century Lisbon, Portugal. Like American ...

PROVIDENCE — The 2025 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) will see some big names from the Portuguese-speaking world take the stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center on April 12. A ...

PROVIDENCE – There was plenty to celebrate at the Rhode Island State House on the evening of June 9. In addition to the House of Representatives passing the fiscal year 2024 budget, dozens of people ...

More than 300 people danced in celebration of the release of a Portuguese folk music CD yesterday at the Portuguese Club. While yesterday marked the official release of Hudson High School's ...

LISBON, PORTUGAL - Fado singers rarely find fame beyond Portugal's borders. The country and its traditional folk music are bound together so tightly it is hard to fathom one without the other. Then ...

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 ...

A new Portuguese cultural and sports hub in Jersey invited students from the University of Madeira to perform at its first official event. The club opened its doors at the end of 2024 at the former ...