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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Duarte

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments DuartefadoPortugalPortuguese music

Duarte is a psychologist and Fado singer born in 1980 in the town of Arraiolos, district of Evora, Portugal. From the age of 7 until…

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Artist Profiles: Ana Lains

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 No Comments Ana LainsfadoPortugalPortuguese music

Born in 1979 in Tomar, Portugal, Ana Lains began singing from early age and always had eclectic musical tastes, from jazz to bossa nova. In…

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Artist Profiles: Ana Moura

Angel Romero November 27, 2018 2 Comments Ana MourafadoPortugalPortuguese music

Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira, better known as Ana Moura, was born September 17, 1979 in Santarem, the bustling capital of the Ribatejo province in the…

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Artist Profiles: Dulce Pontes

Angel Romero November 26, 2018 No Comments Dulce PontesfadoPortugalPortuguese music

She could have been a dancer, had the dance school not thought that, at fourteen years of age, she was too old to start a…

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Acclaimed Portuguese Vocalist Mariza to Present Self-Titled Album “Mariza” at National Music Auditorium in Madrid

World Music Central News Room November 22, 2018 No Comments fadoMarizaPortuguese music

Fado star Mariza is set to perform this coming Sunday, November 25, 2019 at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid, Spain. The sold out concert…

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Fado Legends Carlos Do Carmo and Celeste Rodrigues to Perform at Fado Festival New York

World Music Central News Room April 4, 2018 No Comments Carlos Do CarmoCeleste Rodriguesfado

  Acclaimed fado Singer Carlos Do Carmo and special guest Celeste Rodrigues are set to perform on Saturday, April 7 at 8:00 pm at The…

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Artist Profiles: Celeste Rodrigues

Angel Romero April 4, 2018 No Comments Celeste RodriguesfadoPortugal

Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues, better known as Celeste Rodrigues, was born in Alpedrinha, Fundão, on March 14, 1923. She is a veteran fado performer and…

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Artist Profiles: Carlos Do Carmo

Angel Romero April 4, 2018 No Comments Carlos Do CarmofadoPortugalPortuguese music

Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida, better known as Carlos do Carmo, was born on December 21, 1939 in Lisbon’s Mouraria neighborhood. Carlos…

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Artist Profiles: Lula Pena

Angel Romero March 28, 2018 No Comments fadoLula PenaPortugalPortuguese music

Lula Pena was born May 15, 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal. Her inventive form of fado and other styles of music has developed a devoted following…

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Artist Profiles: Ricardo Ribeiro

Angel Romero March 28, 2018 No Comments fadoPortugalRicardo Ribeiro

Ricardo Alexandre Paulo Ribeiro was born August 19, 1981 in Lisbon, Portugal. Ricardo Ribeiro discovered fado at an early age, listening to the big names…

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