Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈFádu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much...
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Amália Rodrigues (category Portuguese fado singers)
Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista). Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled...
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objects from Fado's history, including sheet music, videos, music and hundreds of biographies. Among the works exhibited are the paintings O fado by José Malhoa...
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for his research and practice on the connections between Tango dance and Fado music. Laguna has a degree in music from the Argentine National Music Conservatory...
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Sara Correia (category Portuguese fado singers)
specializing in the fado genre. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the Portuguese singing competition, "Grande Noite do Fado" (Great Fado Night), at the...
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Madredeus (category Fado)
formed in 1985, in Lisbon. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado and folk music. Madredeus are one of the most successful music groups from...
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Fado Curvo is the second studio album by Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released on 6 May 2003. Fado Curvo became Mariza's first album to feature on Billboard's...
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Carlos do Carmo (category Portuguese fado singers)
do Carmo, was a Portuguese fado singer. The son of Lucília do Carmo, a well-known fadista, do Carmo began his career in fado following his father's death...
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Fado em Mim is the debut studio album of Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released in April 2002 by Dutch label World Connection. A special collectors' edition...
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(Soundtrack week) Top 5: "Ederlezi" (Goran Bregovic) (Soundtrack week) Top 4: "O Fado De Ser Fadista" (Amália Rodrigues) (Latin week) Top 4: "La Bamba" (Ritchie...
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