Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Central to fado music, and to the Portuguese psyche, are the ideas of saudade (melancholic longing) and the humbling hand of ...

Lisbon is having a moment. Once a sleepy secret with its back to Europe, Portugal’s sun-drenched capital has emerged from the global recession to become one of the world’s hottest destinations. In ...

If you follow her to Alfama, the trick is avoiding the touristy spots. “If everything is directed at you, like, ‘Come in,’ it’s not an interesting fado house,” says new-generation fado singer Carminho ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Lisbon is the city of fado," says Portuguese singer Carminho. "You have to experience it when you're there." Carminho, who ...

It's after dark in Lisbon's ramshackle Alfama neighborhood. Old-timers gather in restaurants, which serve little more than grilled sardines, to hear and sing Portugal's mournful fado ... a traditional ...

The basic elements of the Shaw Festival's new musical "Maria Severa," written by Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey, might sound unpromising, even cornball. Armando (Mark Uhre), a bullfighter from an ...

I’m writing this from Lisbon, Portugal, where my wife and I have been visiting her daughter, who lives here part of the year. At the same time, I’ve been thinking about all of you back home dealing ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Catarina Rosa's dark tresses frame a face in torment, eyes closed, mouth a scarlet lipstick slash.

LISBON, Portugal – The Mouraria is a maze of narrow alleys, cobblestone squares and decrepit buildings strung with washing at the heart of Lisbon. It is known more for drugs and prostitution than as a ...

The Eurovision Song Contest is taking over in Lisbon, but Portugal's capital has its own long musical history. Musician Telmo Pires told DW why the authentic fado tradition beats the glamor of ...