UMass Lowell will host "The Sounds of Portugal," a fado concert, on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. The event features singers Alison Dasilva and Pedro Botas, along with guitarists Ricardo Parreira and ...

An evening of Portuguese fado with Alison DaSilva, Pedro Botas, Ricardo Parreira, and Nelson Aleixo comes to The Local in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Lisbon is the city of fado,” says Portuguese singer Carminho. “You have to experience it when you're there.” Carminho, who ...

UMass Lowell will welcome homegrown fado singer Alison Dasilva along with Pedro Botas for the university’s annual “Sounds of ...

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 ...

Fado, which means “fate” or “destiny” in Portuguese, originated in the working-class neighborhoods of Lisbon in the early 19th century. It reflects the yearnings, sorrows, and joys of the Portuguese ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s nearing midnight in Alfama, Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhood, when a lady in black steps into a taverna. The bar staff scurry to turn ...

A new program is offering Portuguese guitar lessons from renowned performer Ricardo Parreira. The project aims to preserve the fado tradition in the United States. Lessons will be held virtually and ...

A few years ago I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, while it was still dark. At 6:30 a.m., just as the escalator pushed me up onto the sidewalk, the sun and the city were coming into their own. Everything ...