Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much...
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FADO (which stands for "False and Authentic Documents Online") is a European image-archiving system that was set up to help combat illegal immigration...
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Look up fado, fadista, or fardo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fado is a genre of Portuguese song Fado may also refer to: Fados (film), 2007 Portuguese...
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Coimbra Fado (Portuguese: Fado de Coimbra) is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. While adopted by students at the University...
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Fado Tradicional is the fifth studio album by Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released on 29 November 2010 by EMI Music Portugal. It was recorded in the...
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Music of Portugal (section Fado)
musical styles, especially in popular music. In traditional/folk music, fado had a significant impact, with Amália Rodrigues still the most recognizable...
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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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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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The Fado Museum is a music museum dedicated to Fado located in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama. It was inaugurated on 25 September 1998. The museum...
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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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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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Fados is a 2007 Portuguese film directed by Carlos Saura. The film, a fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, explores Portugal's most...
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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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Mísia (redirect from Fado (Mísia album))
June 1955 – 27 July 2024), known mononymously as Mísia, was a Portuguese fado singer. She was a polyglot, singing some of her songs in Spanish, French...
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Portuguese guitar and saudade, or longing. Coimbra fado, a unique type of "troubadour serenading" fado, is also noteworthy. Internationally notable performers...
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This is a list of fado musicians. Mafalda Arnauth Cristina Branco Camané Carminho Carlos do Carmo Beatriz da Conceição Rouxinol Faduncho (Marco Horácio)...
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Carminho (redirect from Fado (Carminho album))
a Portuguese fado and popular music singer. She comes from a family of musicians, since her mother, Teresa Siqueira, was a famous fado singer. She is...
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Para Além da Saudade (redirect from O Fado da Procura)
Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura, released on 15 August 2007 by World Village. The album featured the hit singles "Os Búzios" and "O Fado da Procura"...
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better known as Maria do Carmo (1884 – 1964), was a popular Portuguese fado singer in Lisbon and Brazil. Carmo was born on 11 January 1884 (although...
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Fado Português is a fado album recorded by Amália Rodrigues and released in June 1965 on the Columbia label. The album was recorded the Valentim de Carvalho...
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Fados 67 is a fado album recorded by Amália Rodrigues and released on the Columbia label (SPMX 5006). It was reissued in 2018 with additional material...
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Aldina Duarte (category Portuguese fado singers)
22 July 1967) is a Portuguese fado singer, lyricist, and researcher. She has dedicated herself to the traditional Fado repertoire, having been described...
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Portuguese guitar (category Fado)
Preston tuners. It is iconically associated with the musical genre known as Fado. The Portuguese guitar most diffused today has undergone considerable technical...
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is a Portuguese fado singer. He recorded with Beatriz da Conceição for Paul Van Nevel with the Huelgas Ensemble. "O Faia - Casa de Fados Restaurante". Archived...
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called "Fado-Jazz". His improvisation techniques are transversal to his aesthetics, and articulate different musical genres, from Jazz, Fado, Classical...
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1974) is a Croatian singer and songwriter. She has released both pop and fado albums, earning her several Porin Awards. Radan is best known for her hit...
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Fado...The Soul Of Portugal is a fado album recorded by Amália Rodrigues and released in 1966 on the Columbia label (EX 5153). Music critic William D...
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Mariza (category Portuguese fado singers)
professionally as Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]), is a Portuguese fado singer. Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a...
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quarters. Fado and saudade are intertwined key ideas in Portuguese culture. The word fado comes from Latin fatum meaning "fate" or "destiny". Fado is a musical...
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