LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country's most beloved artists who was known as the "Sinatra" of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81.

Mariza, who is of Portuguese and Mozambican descent, isn't only interested in mining the past and evoking the spirit of the late Amália Rodrigues who's considered the greatest fadista of all time.

Fado is the music of Portugal, a haunting, emotional style intimately bound up with that tiny country's history and seagoing soul. Yet on her latest recording, Mariza, fado's greatest contemporary ...

FOR mono-monikered singer Mariza, fado – a type of folk music native to Portugal – is all about feelings. “A scientific explanation is it’s the music we’ve had for more or less 200 years, created by ...

She sweeps in with regal dignity, the very image of a diva, her sumptuous black dress gently caressing the stage floor, her short, light blond hair and slim figure making an arresting sight. Mariza, ...

Ana Moura says she didn't decide to become a fadista, a singer of the fervent, longing-filled Portuguese music called fado, or fate. "Fado chose me," says the lush-voiced Portuguese singer, who brings ...