A new program is offering traditional Portuguese fado guitar lessons with world-famous performer Ricardo Parreira. Here's how ...

As the first woman to professionally take up the Portuguese guitar, Lisbon’s Marta Pereira da Costa can fairly be described as a musical pioneer who has opened up new territory for female musicians.

FALL RIVER – A musical pioneer, Marta Pereira da Costa said she has found her voice in the Portuguese guitar. The first woman to professionally play the Portuguese guitar in fado, the Lisbon native ...

While Marta Pereira da Costa was a protégé of Carlos Gonçalves, an accompanist of legendary fado singer Amália Rodrigues, she didn’t see a clear path forward as a professional musician. Smitten with ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s nearing midnight in Alfama, Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhood, when a lady in black steps into a taverna. The bar staff scurry to turn ...

Meet Sonia Shirsat: The Ambassador of Goan music to the world. Fado is a form of traditional Portuguese music dating back before the 19th century. It is arguably the oldest urban folk music in the ...

Madonna loved the city's secret music spots so much she moved there. Here's our guide to them At spots like the funky warehouse B.Leza and the roomier, multilevel Lux Frágil, partiers are sometimes ...

It happened in an instant. Mariza, one of the leading contemporary singers of the gloriously melancholic Portuguese music known as fado, has a powerful voice that could knock the Earth off its axis.