Vacaville’s own fado chanteuse, Ramana Vieira will add Portguese spice to a holiday-themed performance Thursday night in the Vacaville Museum. While fado (literally “fate” in Portuguese) will be ...
As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories–a reminder of the fun that ...
As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories — a reminder of the fun that ...
LISBON, Portugal — Have you ever heard a song so tender and soulful it brought you to tears, even though you couldn’t understand a word? That’s how I feel about fado, a Portuguese folk-music tradition ...
It's after dark in Lisbon's ramshackle Alfama neighborhood. Old-timers gather in restaurants, which serve little more than grilled sardines, to hear and sing Portugal's mournful fado -- the lament of ...
Portuguese fadista Duarte, an award-winning singer and fixture of Lisbon's fado scene, will perform as part of his first US tour at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, 8 p.m. Oct. 17. Fado — a traditional ...
It's after dark in Lisbon's ramshackle Alfama neighborhood. Old-timers gather in restaurants, which serve little more than grilled sardines, to hear and sing Portugal's mournful fado ... a traditional ...