| The quote comes from a lecture in which he tackles the saudade, or deep longing, that infuses fado with its bitter sweetness. |
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| Portuguese artist Ana Sofia Varela is only 25 but is already one of the hottest stars of fado. |
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| Nostalgia for the past and for the homeland is represented in the sentiments of Sebastianismo and saudade and in the lyrics of the fado. |
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| The Casa da Musica will be opened in the coming week with jazz and fado, Brendel and Lou Reed. |
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| Experiencing fado, a musical genre unique to Portugal, is a sure way to immerse in culture. |
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| Its 14 gem-like songs remain true to the deepest traditions of fado, the breathtakingly lyrical and melancholic music of Portugal. |
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| They often have fairly anonymous facades but are the haunt of local Portuguese and are closer to the true popular spirit of fado. |
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| Her mother cooked in a restaurant in Alfama where fado was sung and like many other fado-singers she grew up with it. |
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| Stand outside one for long enough, and you'll hear the proprietor break into a fado, the equivalent of an Irish folk song. |
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| At one point, Amalia states that the Portuguese invented fado as a way to express their eternal sorrow. |
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| Yet fado, with its melancholy fatalism, was an appropriate accompaniment to the thinking of the Portuguese leader, António de Oliveira Salazar. |
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| Although best known for fado, Amalia liked to experiment with other kinds of music, including jazz and salsa, and continued performing after her 70th birthday. |
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| Gradually, in the way that wealthy whites discovered the jazz clubs of Harlem in the 1920s, the aristocrats started hanging around the fado clubs. |
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| The Lisbon fado started at the beginning of the 19 th century in pubs in the slums of the city. |
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| Record companies are far more interested in fado than they were in the past, but comparisons with Mariza are now inevitable, especially if you happen to be called Misia. |
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| Although the fado is the typical sad song of Portugal, it wasn't enough to bring freedom. |
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| So it wasn't a fado that brought Portugal back to democracy, but an unsuccessful song contest song. |
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| Scolari, though, is determined to delay for as long as possible the fado, a blues lament that wafts out from the bars and restaurants of old Lisbon. |
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| After this visit we had a very convivial evening in a likable restaurant in the old harbor of Lisbon with « fado » songs very well interpreted. |
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| At fado restaurants, diners are periodically regaled by heart-rending renditions of these woe-stricken ballads, thus allowing a pause for digestion. |
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| European traditions are revealed in the morna, a lament comparable to the Portuguese fado, and the mazurka. |
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| She doesn't so much break down the boundaries of fado as stretch and shape them into a new and enchanting hybrid that remains essentially true to the roots of the genre. |
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| But you should hear and see the real fado 'live' to really appreciate it. |
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| Afterwards, we invite Portugal into the spotlight, with a performance of three 'fados' by Mariza, although in one of them, 'Meu fado meu', she will be joined by Miguel Poveda. |
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| Her style of singing is called fado, the Portuguese word for fate. |
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| Italians claimed to see links between fado and opera. |
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| Originally from Cape Verde, a worthy descendant of Cesaria Evora, the lovely Portuguese artist combines morna, fado, a touch of bossa-nova, pop and reggae in original compositions, each more irresistible than the last. |
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| Again, akin to the Arabic nawahand music form, fado alternates between minor and Phrygian modes. |
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| So if you're in the mood for good food and good music, make a night of it and head down to Fado. |
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| Traditional Goan art forms are Dekhnni, Fugdi, Corridinho, Mando, Dulpod and Fado. |
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| The most renowned is Fado, a melancholy urban music originating in Lisbon, usually associated with the Portuguese guitar and saudade, or longing. |
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| The last piece on the program, Byrd's soulful Fado, was the show stopper. |
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| The release schedule for 2002 includes Icelandic Rimur, Coimbra Fado from Portugal, South African choral music, and Bikutsi Pop from Cameroon, among many other recordings. |
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