Lisbon is the cradle of fado: the melancholy music that sings of the Portuguese soul. For travelers in search of authenticity, here are five hidden addresses where fado still resonates in all its ...

To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and bohemia. With a new state-of-the-art exhibition celebrating fado’s ...

Best of all, Portugal likes to listen to the fado songs of dark-eyed Amalia Rodrigues. In Lisbon, every taxi driver can point out her house; her appearance in one of the cafés, theaters or ...

By the time fado singer Carminho arrived in Chicago last October, she was knee-deep in a substantial international tour and a banner year that brought her traditional folk music further onto the ...