Brasil Summerfest 2023 brings the latest currents of Brazilian music, film and dance to New York City. Brasil Summerfest 2023 Lineup SUMMERSTAGEMarisa Monte sings MPB (Brazilian Pop Music), with openers Joana Amodeira & Fred Martins singing Brazilian fado (Portuguese folk music), and New York's own Music From the Sole showing off tap dance's relationship to … [Read more...] about Brasil Summerfest Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Film and Dance to NYC
New York Fado Archive
The New York Fado Archive contains New York Latin Culture Magazine's feature coverage of Portuguese Fado in New York City.
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Mariza
It is often silly to invoke the name of a legend to describe an artist, but in the case of Mariza, it's correct. Fado is the Portuguese Music of Saudade Portuguese sailors launched the Age of Discovery which conquered the world for the Europeans. Fado is their music. It's the music of "Saudade," that untranslatable longing for a loved one who is far away. It's a … [Read more...] about Mariza
Ana Moura sings Portuguese Fado at The Town Hall
Ana Moura is a Portuguese Fado singer. She flirts with both traditional Fado and crossover collaborations. She has gained some attention from Pop artists such as The Rolling Stones, Prince, and others. Moura was born in Santarém, Portugal in 1979. She started out singing at Fado nightclubs in Lisbon. Appearances on television helped build her audience. Moura sang with the … [Read more...] about Ana Moura sings Portuguese Fado at The Town Hall
Portuguese Fado Singer Lula Pena is a Musical Wanderer
Lula Pena Lula Pena is a Portuguese Fado singer who blends Fado traditions with other folk musics like Flamenco, American blues, French chanson, Cape Verdean morna, and Brazilian Bossa Nova. Pena is from Lisbon (1974). As a child she was taught to listen deeply in an almost yogic manner. Her musical explorations make a lot of sense actually. Portuguese explorers were … [Read more...] about Portuguese Fado Singer Lula Pena is a Musical Wanderer
Ricardo Ribeiro
Ricardo Ribeiro is one of today's top male Fado singers. He is as traditional as it comes. Ribeiro's Fado is pure emotion. He was born in Lisbon in 1981 and fell in love with Fado at an early age. Ribeiro's main influence is Fado legend Fernando Maurício. By 2001 at the age of 20, Ribeiro was touring international music festivals. Ricardo Ribeiro … [Read more...] about Ricardo Ribeiro
Gisela João
Gisela Joáo is the one of the rising stars of Portuguese Fado. Her music has a traditional feeling, but is contemporary at the same time. It's poetry of the heart. Gisela Joáo's New York Debut Gisela Joáo makes her New York City debut at Schimmel Center in the Financial District for the NY Fado Festival Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 7:30pm. There will be a lobby exhibition … [Read more...] about Gisela João
DJ Ride & Stereossauro 2x World Champions scratch Portuguese Fado Roots
Portuguese duo DJ Ride & Stereossauro are the Beatbombers, two-time scratch/turntablism world champions (2016 & 2011). DJ Ride is a six-time Portuguese champion. Photo courtesy of the artist. For more information, visit: www.DJRide.com @DJRide itunes.apple.com/us/artist/dj-ride/id78955859 itunes.apple.com/us/artist/stereossauro/id619978856 @BeatBombers DJ Ride … [Read more...] about DJ Ride & Stereossauro 2x World Champions scratch Portuguese Fado Roots
NY Fado Festival, the past, present, and future of Portuguese Fado
The NY Fado Festival brings classic and contemporary Portuguese Fado to New York City. NY Fado Festival 2017 The first annual NY Fado Festival is February 24-26, 2017 The Past of Fado Film: Fado, Story of a Singer Perdigão Queiroga's 1947 Portuguese film stars Amália Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado, as a Fado singer who falls in love with a guitar player. In Portuguese … [Read more...] about NY Fado Festival, the past, present, and future of Portuguese Fado
Bibi Ferreira, the Grand Dame of Brazilian Stage
Brazilian legend of stage and screen Bibi Ferreira is back in New York to debut "4 x Bibi" at Symphony Space September 20 & 23, 2016. 4 x Bibi celebrates the star's legendary 75-year career through the music of 1) Edith Piaf (French), 2) Amalia Rodrigues (Portuguese), 3) Carlos Gardel (Argentine) and 4) Frank Sinatra. To sing any one of these legends well would be … [Read more...] about Bibi Ferreira, the Grand Dame of Brazilian Stage
Ana Moura & Buika
Ana Moura & Buika at Carnegie Hall April 26, 2016 at 8pm is two powerful female vocalists singing Portuguese Fado, Spanish Flamenco and Latin standards. Ana Moura https://youtu.be/lh9YHtZzHfk Ana Moura singing "Fado Loucura" (Fado Madness)Ana Moura is a young Portuguese Fado star. She is from Santarém, Portugal, just north of Lisbon. Ana works the traditional … [Read more...] about Ana Moura & Buika