The vocalist, coming to Jones Hall on Nov. 12, is at the forefront of a new generation that is reviving the centuries-old genre.

Round Top Film Festival, Houston Cinema Arts Festival, Rodney Crowell, Thomas Csorba, Julius Rodriguez and 'Angels in America ...

With her mahogany-rich voice, impassioned performances and striking looks, the Portuguese fado singer Mariza has, in a few short years, become a reigning diva on the world music scene. She has blown ...

Charismatic Mariza has sparked a stylish revival of Portugal’s national music back home, and now gives it a global twist After Portuguese fado star Mariza made her debut album independently, she went ...

Listening to Portuguese fado singer Mariza, it's really hard not to be taken away by her passionate singing, charismatic stage presence, and sly sass. Yet, beneath her almost fragile and gentle ...

Portuguese fado singer Mariza rarely let her smile dim when she performed at the Athenaeum Theatre on Tuesday as part of the World Music Festival. Her easygoing rapport with the audience and her ...

On Tuesday 19 Portuguese sensation Mariza gave an unforgettable performance at the Cairo Opera House, the first show of her new world tour. The curtains opened with the band members in place, Mariza ...

Singer Mariza has been the driving force in revitalizing the lamenting Portuguese musical genre fado, sometimes likened to the blues, a revival sparked by release of her first studio album in 2001.

Fado music inevitably evokes that Portuguese feeling of nostalgia and loss known as saudade. Which means the city is in for a pretty melancholic week. The Portuguese genre’s biggest star, Mariza, ...

When we talk about fado, the one thing I don't want is to put it in a kind of museum. It needs to grow, it needs to walk further. Mariza is a 29-year-old singer of fado — the rich, emotionally ...

The music, traditionally performed in an intimate setting known as a "fado house," is guitar-based, and built around classical guitar and the notoriously difficult 12-string Portuguese guitar.

Singer Mariza has been the driving force in revitalizing the lamenting Portuguese musical genre fado, sometimes likened to the blues, a revival sparked by release of her first studio album in 2001.