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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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Mariza is singing at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Saturday night, alongside the Oregon Symphony, bringing her particular take on fado, a particular Portuguese genre, to Portland. The symphony's ...

Fado sensation and Latin GRAMMY Award winner Mariza performs at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm, part of her 2013 self-titled world tour covering North ...

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 ...

For Mariza -- a singer of songs from the old world -- it's a whole new world. After world tours, performances at the Olympics and the World Cup, and selling over a million albums, the singer put her ...

Portugal is famous for great beaches, fine footballers and, more recently, Mariza. The 29-year-old Lisbon native's hairstyle has made her second only to David Beckham in the much discussed follicle ...