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	World Music Central - Fado music
		Fado was the earthy music of taverns and brothels and street corners in Alfama and Mouraria, the old poor sections of Lisbon.
		The fado is normally sung by men or women and accompanied by one Portuguese guitar and one classic guitar, which in Portugal is called viola.
		She was the diva of fado, worshipped at home and celebrated abroad as the most famous representative of Portuguese culture.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /staticpages/index.php/fado (849 words)

	Fado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins.
		Some enthusiasts claim that Fado's origins are a mixture of African slave rhythms with the traditional music of Portuguese sailors and Arabic influence.
		The first great fado singer that is still known was Maria Severa, living in the first half of the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fado (633 words)

	Visit Portugal
		Nowadays, Fado is almost a symbol of Portugal, a celebrated form of world music that has retained its traditional qualities but moved with the times.
		Amália, the world-renowned singer who brought Fado to the great concert halls of Europe and the attention of international audiences, has found a worthy successor in Mariza, who continues to tour overseas, taking the Fado to an even wider audience.
		The more popular forms of Fado are to be heard in the cities near the sea, such as Lisbon or Porto, but Coimbra has given the music its own unique feel, making it popular among students.
	www.visitportugal.com /NR/exeres/6B2A69CE-F7D1-4066-AFE7-EAC29ED7D19D,frameless.htm (266 words)

	Conscious Choice: Jazz, Blues and...Fado
		Fado is a traditional song styling from Portugal, rising out of Lisbon’s lower classes in much the same way that rembetica (urban Greece) and jazz (urban America) did.
		Amália Rodrigues, the finest fadista (fado singer) of the twentieth century, has proven to be an enduring influence on generations of young Portuguese vocalists, many of whom were born years after the diva’s most important recordings had woven their way into Portugal’s cultural fabric.
		Fado is just a coincidence because it was the song of my country and also a song sung in Portuguese.
	www.consciouschoice.com /2002/cc1509/fado1509.html (1746 words)

	Fado Music
		Fado is the urban folk music of Portugal that appears to have its roots in the merging of the cultures of the Portuguese underclass (the Fadistas - the "fatalists") with the Portuguese-African ex-slaves who settled in the Mouraria and Alfama districts of Lisbon.
		Fado conveys a yearning, a longing for that which could have been or cannot exist and most of its lyrics concern love affairs, jealousy and passion and the lives of the Fadistas.
		In the mythology that surrounds Severa, it is claimed that her mastery in Fado singing was kindled by her yearning for a lover who was banished to Africa by the authorities for an unnamed crime.
	www.enterportugal.com /fado.html (575 words)

	Fado
		"Fado is an emotional kind of music full of passion, sorrow, jealousy, grief and often satire.” Yet fado differs from its musical cousins in its poetic mystery and its ability to fuse dichotomous traits: impossible pain and fervent joy, life’s cruelty with love’s intensity.
		It is termed the “popular fado” because of this, it tends to be lighter in spirit, and often ad-libbed.
		The essential element of fado music is “saudade,” a Portuguese word that translates roughly as longing, yearning or nostalgia for unrealized dreams.
	www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com /fado.htm (699 words)

	The Cardinal Inquirer - Fado's New Diva
		She is the world's best- known singer of fado, a form of Portuguese music that, with its guitar-backing and soulful themes, is often compared to American blues and Argentine tango.
		Fado, which means fate or destiny, developed there in the 19th century, initially sung in bars and brothels by sailors and slaves who brought with them musical influences from all over the world.
		Fado's golden age was in the early 20th century and then fell out of favor until recently, existing only in isolated pockets such as the streets of Mouraria.
	www.stanford.edu /class/comm273/archive/articles/041304/fodahugh.html (883 words)

	Visit Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nowadays, Fado is almost a symbol of Portugal, a celebrated form of world music that has retained its traditional qualities but moved with the times.
		Amália, the world-renowned singer who brought Fado to the great concert halls of Europe and the attention of international audiences, has found a worthy successor in Mariza, who continues to tour overseas, taking the Fado to an even wider audience.
		The more popular forms of Fado are to be heard in the cities near the sea, such as Lisbon or Porto, but Coimbra has given the music its own unique feel, making it popular among students.
	visitportugal.com /NR/exeres/6B2A69CE-F7D1-4066-AFE7-EAC29ED7D19D,fr... (266 words)

	Various Artists Fado - the soul of Portugal CD
		Fado is to Portugal what flamenco is to Spain, or tango to Argentina: the musical expression of a nation’s soul.
		The roots of fado are obscure, though it’s thought that musical influences arising from Portugal’s imperial past (for example, in Brazil and Cape Verde) mingled with local Portuguese folk music and poetry traditions to produce an early 19th century prototype.
		Her fado house `O Faia’ was one of the places to be in Lisbon from the 1950s to the 1970s.
	www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk /titlev4.php?ALBUM_ID=385&LABEL_ID=2 (1181 words)

	Fado singer is her own woman - The Boston Globe
		Mariza is proud to be called a fadista, a singer and interpreter of fado, the melancholy, mesmerizing melodies considered Portugal's national music.
		Yet nearly a half-decade after her debut, ''Fado em Mim" (''Fado in Me"), and her ascension as one of the world's most acclaimed fado singers, she still chafes at comparisons to the legendary Amalia Rodrigues, the late singer...
		Yet nearly a half-decade after her debut, ''Fado em Mim" (''Fado in Me"), and her ascension as one of the world's most acclaimed fado singers, she still chafes at comparisons to the legendary Amalia Rodrigues, the late singer called the queen of Portuguese fado.
	boston.com /ae/music/articles/2005/09/11/fado_singer_is_her_own_woman (572 words)

	Fado
		Ouvindo as palavras de cada fado pode sentir-se a presença do mar, a vida dos marinheiros e pescadores, as ruelas e becos de Lisboa, as despedidas, o infortúnio e a saudade.
		E, por ser uma canção nacional, o fado está igualmente marcado pelo atracção que a aristocracia boémia sentiu pela ruas e vielas de Lisboa, pelas tabernas e pelas mulheres.
		O fado foi partilhado por fidalgos, por vadios e por marinheiros.
	attambur.com /Recolhas/fado1.htm (661 words)

	The Cape and Islands NPR Stations - Fado Music in New Bedford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Then she began to sing fado: a type of Portuguese music, commonly compared to blues or folk for its melancholy lyrics and soulful delivery.
		Vinagre has been singing fado for roughly 28 years, since she was a teenager in Portugal.
		Fado aficionados say the music is received differently and more appreciatively in Portugal.
	www.wgbh.org /cainan/article?item_id=2637155 (840 words)

	Amazon.com: Fado Curvo: Music: Mariza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fado was originally brought to Portugal as a dance by African slaves in the 19th century; later, as the Portugal empire slowly declined, white poets, singers and players began to create a new type of music.
		Fado songs are generally accompanied by one classical guitar and embody lyrics filled with themes of death, despair, heartache, betrayal and destiny.
		Fado Curvo, produced by Carlos Maria Trindade from Madredeus, is full of intoxicating, catchy tunes with extremely beautiful arrangements, often with notable influence of jazz and African music, when you listen to them you can almost see lonesome roads along the sea at sunset, red-roofed houses of Lisbon, vast sandy beaches and moonlit valleys...
	www.amazon.com /Fado-Curvo-Mariza/dp/B00008XEP3 (1183 words)

	NPR : Mariza, the New Diva of Fado
		Mariza has shot to the top of the fado world since her debut album, Fado em Mim, in 2001, and is poised to attract a larger audience with the release of her latest CD, Fado Curvo.
		Fado emerged from the brothels and taverns of Lisbon about 200 years ago, and were first sung by lonely sailors.
		She says singing was part of everyday life, and remembers going to fado houses when she was very young.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1265260 (525 words)

	FADO.org - Home Page
		Donald Cohen, a retired Los Angeles attorney and fado expert, says that although fado in its current form is about 200 years old, its roots go back to the 12th century to traditions of song and poetry brought by Provencal troubadours, the Moors who lived in Portugal, and the Jews.
		Fado is one of the most rewarding and least known genres in the world music spectrum.
		If her fado plays differently to the ear and eye, it has much to do with her varied influences, and the many paths she took to get here.
	www.fado.org (1882 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Mariza, Fado Curvo (Times Square Records) - Portugal's Heartbreaking Soul Music
		The singer is the centerpiece, but the fado sound also rests on the gentle trilling of the guitarra, a 12-string guitar, and often the viola, a nylon-stringed guitar.
		Mariza’s rise coincides with a fado resurgence and the release, in recent years, of several CD compilations that offer a sampling of this unique music.
		The Story of Fado (Metro Blue) is an excellent introduction to the genre, covering fado songs and stars from the ‘50s to the ‘80s.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.articles_detail/project_id/91/article_id/1385.cfm (595 words)

	A History of the Portuguese Fado
		Having said that, and having accepted that I still know very little about the Fado after having read the book, I can really only offer a couple of examples from the CD which appeal to me in terms of the way they sound and for the passion evident in the performances.
		The first is Fado da Mouraria by Maria Emelia Ferreira, recorded in 1927 with unknown guitarra (Portuguese guitar) and Viola (Spanish guitar) accompaniment.
		She was also among the 'first wave' mentioned above, and I would presume that this approach to the music, which appeals so much to me, did not find favour with the record-buying public, since few of the other tracks exhibit this level of passion.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/fado.htm (1541 words)

	Doh, ray and some exquisite fado
		Songs of longing and despair are a national tradition in Portugal, and fado perfectly captures a sense of timeless sadness.
		Today the songs are mostly performed in restaurants and special fado clubs, although in recent years fado has reached an international audience thanks to the success of singers like Mariza and Misia.
		Female fado singers, called fadistas, usually perform while draped in fl shawls and standing very still, although they have been known to sway a hip and tap a foot if moved to do so.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/11908 (454 words)

	Fado - the music of Portugal
		Whatever its origins, the themes of Fado have remained constant: destiny, betrayal in love, death and despair.
		The essential element of fado music is “saudade,” a Portuguese word that translates roughly as longing, or nostalgia for unrealised dreams.
		The Lisbon fado reached its golden era in the first half of the 20th century, when the Portuguese dictatorship of Salazar (1926-1968) forced the fado performers to become professional and confined them to sing in the fado houses and the so called "revistas", a popular genre of "vaudeville".
	www.btinternet.com /~radical/thefolkmag/fado.htm (706 words)

	Fado in Chicago - metromix.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fado in Gaelic means "long ago," and indeed this multi-level bar has captured the feel of Irish pubs drenched as much in tradition as in Harp and Tullamore Dew.
		Fado is almost an Irish museum, with every piece of woodwork, stone and decor having been brought over from the Emerald Isle.
		Fado staffers are adamant that the pint is "built," not just poured, meaning the bartenders take their time, often as much as two minutes, to properly fill the glass in stages.
	metromix.chicagotribune.com /search/29244,0,1343118.venue (339 words)

	Fado EPL Fantasy Sports 2005/06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Directors, officers and employees of Fado Irish Pubs and Tigin Irish Pub (FADO / TIGIN), their divisions, affiliates, licensed retailers, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, and their immediate families (parent, sibling, or any person residing in the same household as the employee) are NOT eligible to win any prizes.
		Entrants that are awarded prizes grant Fantasy League Limited and FADO Irish Pubs the permission to use their names and prize information for promotional and publicity purposes without further compensation upon acceptance of said prize unless prohibited by law.
		FADO / TIGIN is not responsible for and shall not be liable for a prize that is declined or undeliverable, or for any prize or prize notification that is returned as undeliverable or if the winner fails to timely return the above mentioned documentation.
	fado.fantasyleague.com /(ovcawj450m4mgq45r4fu2tiu)/Article.aspx?id=401 (2343 words)

	About Fado Performance Inc. - Toronto, Canada
		Fado Performance Inc. is a non-profit artist-run centre for performance art based in Toronto, Canada.
		Fado was established to provide a stable, ongoing, supportive forum for creating and presenting performance art.
		Fado defines performance in relation to the root elements of the medium -- time, space, the performer's body and the relationship between performer and audience.
	www.performanceart.ca /about.html (409 words)

	Fado Sensation Mariza Comes to UCLA Live Oct. 19... 9/26/2005
		Fado is the exceptionally beautiful and melancholy Portuguese storytelling song form born out of the tiny bars of the "barrio alto" in Lisbon.
		A rising fado star in the tradition of the legendary fadista Amália Rodrigues, Mariza has made her mark on the musical world.
		Fado has a tradition in which poets and composers create songs for specific fadistas.
	newsroom.ucla.edu /page.asp?RelNum=6466 (1069 words)

	Chasing the Fado
		The Fado speaks with a quiet dignity born of the realisation that any mortal desire or plan is at risk of destruction by powers beyond individual control.
		It was her Fado that the Comte De Vimioso heard and with her this noble aristocrat entered into what historians of the time referred to as a "tempestuous love affair".
		Coimbra Fado is nevertheless full of longing, and it is that spirit which lies at the very heart of the Fado, be it from Lisbon or Coimbra.
	www.bolingo.org /audio/texts/fr105fado.html (3361 words)

	Revelações do Fado
		A palavra saudade, os sons nostálgicos a expressão de cada voz, com as diferentes formas de fazer chegar a quem ouve a mensagem que o poeta escreveu, diferente de qualquer outra canção, por isso o fado é único, o fado é de Portugal.
		Fado é a história da vida de cada um.
		O Fado aprende-se a gostar, como se gosta de viver.
	fadosporto.tripod.com /revelacoesdofado (214 words)

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