Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mariza at Jones Hall with Luís Guerreiro on Portuguese guitar (right) and Phelipe Ferreira on acoustic guitar (Cary Darling) It ...

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 ...

FALL RIVER – A musical pioneer, Marta Pereira da Costa said she has found her voice in the Portuguese guitar. The first woman to professionally play the Portuguese guitar in fado, the Lisbon native ...

As the first woman to professionally take up the Portuguese guitar, Lisbon’s Marta Pereira da Costa can fairly be described as a musical pioneer who has opened up new territory for female musicians.

The Portuguese word fado means fate. Fado songs have a reputation for being mournful and full of tragic stories about destiny -- a kind of Portuguese folk music that many people liken to American ...

Marta Pereira da Costa is truly one of a kind. The Lisbon native is the first and currently only professional female fado guitarist in the world, and she will be bringing her music to The Narrows ...

Southeastern New England has an abundance of Portuguese culture, from culinary delicacies to the musical styles of fado and pimba. The International Portuguese Music Awards will celebrate outstanding ...

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 ...