The exhibition features video-mapping, virtual reality and a full-scale hologram of the artist who put fado on the map. In 1920 the voice of Portugal was born. Her name: Amália Rodrigues. A new ...

From the start, it doesn’t feel like fado. Nor does the players’ entrance fit the norm for Lisbon’s hallowed style of melancholy song. It is not the genteel Portuguese guitar but a sharp synthesizer ...

Streaming platforms for Amalia Rodrigues The Spirit of fado haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. 'Amalia Rodrigues The Spirit of fado' Release ...

To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and bohemia. With a new state-of-the-art exhibition celebrating fado’s greatest ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “O Fado nasceu um dia/ quando o vento mal bulia . . . ” José Régio’s words sketch out the legend of the genre: ...

WHEN Amalia Rodrigues died last week, the government of Portugal declared three days of national morning. Political activity in the country's general election campaign came to a halt. The president ...

Music has the power to take us to faraway places. Most of those places are only in our heads. But for me, the music of one singer had the power to take me all the way to the capital of Portugal. It ...

In 1920 the voice of Portugal was born. Her name: Amália Rodrigues. A new exhibition focussing on the musician's star-spangled life, titled 'Ah Amália - Living Experience', is opening in the ...