Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Portuguese fado singer Gisela João has been generating white-hot press for her ...

That's the first thing to notice about Portuguese fado, the dramatic, tear-stained music born many generations ago - perhaps in the 1820s, but some claim earlier - on the crowded streets of Lisbon's ...

LISBON, Portugal — Have you ever heard a song so tender and soulful it brought you to tears, even though you couldn’t understand a word? That’s how I feel about fado, a Portuguese folk-music tradition ...

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.