"attention she deserved. Fado Curvo Fado Curvo is the second studio album by Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released on 6 May 2003. ""Fado Curvo"" became Mariza's first album to feature on ""Billboard""'s World Albums chart, where it peaked at number 6 in June 2003. The album is a certified quadruple platinum record in Portugal: by December 2004, it had sold 80,000 copies in the country, which awarded the album the double platinum. Reactions to the album were positive, with critics underlining its experimental nature and the blending of traditional songs with contemporary arrangements and compositions. The great range of emotions"
"Fado performers play at local venues throughout Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. The Azores is the major heritage of many Portuguese-Americans. In Rhode Island, most Portuguese traditional music is played by Azorean people. Azoreans maintain some distinct musical traditions, such as the traditionally fiddle-driven chamarrita dance. This dance and music is played mainly at weddings and Church festivals. Azorean-Portuguese sensation Jorge Ferreira is a popular musician throughout New England, singing at many festivals and events. Of special importance is the music of the large Cape Verdean population. Though Cape Verdean music is largely unknown outside of the expatriate community, Rhode"
"term ""fadista"". Fado appeared during the early 19th century in Lisbon, and is believed to have its origins in the port districts such as Alfama, Mouraria and Bairro Alto. There are numerous theories about the origin of fado. Some trace its origins or influences to the Medieval ""cantigas de amigo"" (friends songs) and some ancient Moorish influence, but none is conclusive. It possibly evolved and formed, from a mixture of several older musical genres. Fado performers in the middle of the 19th century were mainly from urban working-class namely sailors, bohemians, courtesans, who not only sang, but also danced and"
"organists such as António Carreira and Manuel Rodrigues Coelho; singers Luísa Todi, Elisabete Matos and José Carlos Xavier; pianists Maria João Pires and Sequeira Costa; violinists Elmar Oliveira and Carlos Damas; and cellists such as Guilhermina Suggia. Fado (""fate"" in Portuguese) is a musical style, which arose in Lisbon as the music of the urban poor. Fado songs are typically lyrically harsh, accompanied by a wire-strung acoustic guitar or the Portuguese Guitar. It is usually sung by solo performers, with the singer resigned to sadness, poverty and loneliness, but remaining dignified and firmly controlled. In 2011, Fado was inscribed on"
"Famo Famo is a type of music from Lesotho in Africa consisting of singing accompanied by the accordion, a drum and occasionally a bass. It originated in the drinking dens of migrant workers from Lesotho trying to relax after working in the mines in the 1920s but is now a popular form of music for Sesotho speakers. As a very popular form of music in Lesotho, ""famo"" consists of male or female singing and ululations. Instrumental support comes from an accordion, a drum and a bass. Songs often refer to urban life, and female singers can use their singing to"
"Cajun fiddle Cajun fiddle music is a part of the American fiddle music canon. It is derived from the music of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, as well as sharing repertoire from the Quebec and Cape Breton Island traditions. It is one of the few extant North American folk music traditions rooted in French chanson. According to Ron Yule, ""Louisiana fiddling had its birth roots in Europe, with fiddling being noted as early as the 1400s in Scotland"". Zydeco music is a geographically, culturally, and musically related style. Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads"
"authors; for example: ""Lágrimas de Saudade"" (""tears of saudade""), which is an anonymous work from the ""Cancioneiro de Paris"". Fado is a Portuguese music style, generally sung by a single person (the ""fadista"") along with a Portuguese guitar. The most popular themes of fado are ""saudade"", nostalgia, jealousy, and short stories of the typical city quarters. Fado and ""saudade"" are intertwined key ideas in Portuguese culture. The word fado comes from Latin ""fatum"" meaning ""fate"" or ""destiny"". Fado is a musical cultural expression and recognition of this unassailable determinism which compels the resigned yearning of ""saudade"", a bitter-sweet, existential yearning"
"""famo"" music, having performed in various functions and he is currently regarded as the most selling artist in the Famo music</ref> and Morija Arts & Cultural Festival. In 2006 Chakela was awarded a South African Traditional Music Award for best musician in the ""famo"" music category. Famo Famo is a type of music from Lesotho in Africa consisting of singing accompanied by the accordion, a drum and occasionally a bass. It originated in the drinking dens of migrant workers from Lesotho trying to relax after working in the mines in the 1920s but is now a popular form of music"
"Kaiso Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and in the Kingdom of Kongo and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in ""kaiso"" tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song. Many"
"Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the more refined style. Modern fado is popular in Portugal, and has produced many renowned musicians. According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon you clap your hands, in Coimbra you cough as if clearing your throat. Mainstream fado performances during the 20th century included only a singer, a Portuguese guitar player and a classical guitar player but more recent settings range from singer and string quartet to full orchestra. The ingredients of Fado are a shawl, a guitar, a voice and heartfelt emotion. Themes include: destiny, deep-seated feelings, disappointments in"
"and of itself, as by Dwight Yoakam. Cajun fiddle Cajun fiddle music is a part of the American fiddle music canon. It is derived from the music of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, as well as sharing repertoire from the Quebec and Cape Breton Island traditions. It is one of the few extant North American folk music traditions rooted in French chanson. According to Ron Yule, ""Louisiana fiddling had its birth roots in Europe, with fiddling being noted as early as the 1400s in Scotland"". Zydeco music is a geographically, culturally, and musically related style. Cajun music, an emblematic music"
"Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica. It originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in ""kaiso"" tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song. Many early kaisos were sung in French Creole by a ""chantwell"". Kaiso songs are generally narrative in form and often have a cleverly concealed political subtext. After Emancipation of slavery,"
"Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It is claimed that fado origins are older, going back to the 15th century, when women cried with longing for their husbands that sailed to the never ending seas. In Late in the 19th century, the city of Coimbra developed a distinctive scene. Coimbra, a literary capital for the country, is now known for being more refined and majestic. The sound has been described as ""the song of those who retain and cherish their illusions, not of those who have irretrievably lost them"" by Rodney Gallop in 1936. A"
"LL.M (Master's in Law) degree. She started singing as a hobby, and has been a professional singer since about 1999. Her mother is Roman Catholic and her father, Hindu. Shirsat is one of the few from India, if not the only one, to excel in the Fado, a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal or earlier. She credits Portuguese guitarist Antonio Chainho, who was offering guitar training in Goa some years ago. At the end of the workshop, there was a search for someone to sing the Fado. Shirsat's voice was found to have ""fitted"
"and Mestro Antonio Chainho. She has performed on a number of occasions on a number of Portugal-based TV channels, including in live performances on RTPI, Sociedade Independente de Comunicação and Televisão Independente. In Goa, she is known for her live performances at a number of venues, among these the Art Chamber at Calangute. Shirsat is the only professional Fadista (Fado singer) in the Indian Subcontinent, a form she has performed since 2003. She also conducts workshops and gives talks on this semi-classical genre of music called the Fado. Apart from the Portuguese Fado, Shirsat is also known for performing Traditional"
"beat the fado. During the second half of the 19th century, the dance rhythms would eventually fade away, and the performers became merely singers (fadistas). The 19th century's most renowned fadista was Maria Severa. More recently Amália Rodrigues, known as the ""Rainha do Fado"" (""Queen of Fado"") was most influential in popularizing fado worldwide. Fado performances today may be accompanied by a string quartet or a full orchestra. Fado typically employs the Dorian mode, Ionian mode (natural major), sometimes switching between the two during a melody or verse change. The Phrygian mode (common in Middle-Eastern and Flamenco music), is not"
"Kaiso even without modification. This rhythm can also be heard in Calypso and Soca. Kaiso Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and in the Kingdom of Kongo and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in"
"Sage Francis, Monty Are I, Draco and the Malfoys and Billy Gillman. The pop music producer and songwriter Dr. Luke was born in Westerly. Due to the large population of Portuguese immigrants in Southern New England, Portuguese traditional music is played in small communities. Usually Roman Catholic churches are the center of the communities activities, where music is played. Fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a characteristic sentiment of resignation, fatefulness and melancholia (loosely captured by the word saudade, or ""longing"")."
"Mando (music) Mando or Manddo (Konkani ""mānḍô"") is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th century among Goan Catholics of Goa, India. It represents the meeting point of Indian and western musical traditions. The music has elements of both Indian and western culture. The males wear formal coats, showing Portuguese influence, while females wear a unique Indian costume (bazu torop or pano baju). The ceremonial torhop-baz worn during the mando dance was of velvet or silk, red, blue or green in colour, embroidered with gold (rarely with silver) threads. A white or blue shawl was worn. The"
"fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s, but possibly with much earlier origins. It is characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word ""saudade"", a unique word with no accurate translation in any other language. (Home-sickness has an approximate meaning. It is a kind of longing, and conveys a complex mixture of mainly nostalgia, but also sadness, pain, happiness and love). There are two main varieties of fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The"
"he accompanied the Academic Choir of Coimbra to the United States, where he sang in New York City (at Lincoln Center), Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. In addition, his tour allowed him to participate on an American television program on NBC. He became an author of various celebrated fados, that include """"Balada da Despedida"""". Fernando Machado Soares Fernando Machado Soares (3 September 1930, in São Roque do Pico – 7 December 2014), was a Portuguese fado singer, poet, composer, jurist and retired judge. He was born in the municipality of São Roque, on the island of Pico, the archipelago of the"
"Music of Goa Music of Goa refers to music from the state of Goa, on the west coast of India. A wide variety of music genres are used in Goa ranging from Western art music to Indian classical music. Konkani music is also popular across this tiny state. Being a former territory of Portugal, Goa has a dominant western musical scene with the use of instrument such as the violin, drums, guitar, trumpet and piano. It has also produced a number of prominent musicians and singers for the world of Indian music. Portuguese Fado also has significance in Goa. Lorna"
"Michel Teló, Luan Santana, Gusttavo Lima have also become very popular recently among younger audiences. Forró and Frevo are two music and dance forms originated in the Brazilian Northeast. Forró, like Choro, originated from European folk genres such as the schottische in between the 19th and early 20th centuries. It remains a very popular music style, particularly in the Northeast region, and is danced in ""forrobodós"" (parties and balls) throughout the country. Frevo originated in Recife, Pernambuco during the Carnival, the period it is most often associated with. While the music presents elements of procession and martial marches, the frevo"
"but practice secret Jewish rites in privacy. (Library of Congress, Microfiche 7906177). Safarditas are found particularly in the northern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, the American Southwest i.e., New Mexico, Arizona, and South Texas (formerly part of Nuevo León, Spain/Mexico and Tejas). Genuine Tejano music is related to, and sounds more like, the folk music of Louisiana, known as ""Cajun music"", blended with the sounds of rock and roll, R&B, pop, and country and with Mexican influences such as mariachi. Sunny and the Sunglows, including Rudy Guerra, were originators of the genre. The American cowboy culture and music was born"
"FEUP Fado Group FEUP Fado Group is a Portuguese student group that performs Fado FEUP Fado Group started in 1988, from a group of students in FEUP, Engineering Faculty of Porto University (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto). Since then it has played Fado de Coimbra using voice, classic guitar and Portuguese guitar. Since its beginnings it has had several members that have come and gone, maintaining the group alive during the years. FEUP Fado Group plays Fado de Coimbra a variation of Fado, a traditional Portuguese gender. It's normally sung by students and features three components, voice, classic"
"a traditional feature of this genre. A particular stylistic trait of fado is the use of rubato, where the music pauses at the end of a phrase and the singer holds the note for dramatic effect. The music uses double time rhythm and triple time (waltz style). There are two main varieties of fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The Lisbon style is more well known - alongside the status of Amália Rodrigues, while that of Coimbra is traditionally linked to the city's University and its style is linked to the medieval serenading troubadours. Modern fado"
"Tobago. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-20th century and spread to the rest of Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century. Soca is a dance music which is a mix of Trinidad's calypso and Indian music and rhythms, especially chutney music. It combines the melodic lilting sound of calypso with insistent kadans percussion, and Indian musical instruments—particularly the dholak, tabla and dhantal—as demonstrated in"
"Fernando Machado Soares Fernando Machado Soares (3 September 1930, in São Roque do Pico – 7 December 2014), was a Portuguese fado singer, poet, composer, jurist and retired judge. He was born in the municipality of São Roque, on the island of Pico, the archipelago of the Azores, descendent of the last ""Captain-mor"" of Lajes do Pico. He received his formal education at the Faculty of Law, at the University of Coimbra in the 1950s. He participated in the film """"Rapsódia Portuguesa"""". After completing his university education he suspended his artistic pursuits, and concentrated on a career in law. However"
"love, the sense of sadness and longing for someone who has gone away, misfortune, the ups and downs of life, the sea, the life of sailors and fishermen, and last but not least ""Saudade"" (one of the main themes used in fado, that means a kind of longing). Fado is probably the oldest urban folk music in the world and represents the heart of the Portuguese soul, and for that matter fado performance is not successful if an audience is not moved to tears. Portugal has been an important centre of practice and production of music over the centuries, as"
"Frio (musician) FRIO (Cold) (real name Edwin Rojas Restrepo (b. 1980), is a Colombian singer-songwriter born in New York, United States. FRIO is known for merging musical genres from different world cultures such as Flamenco, R&B, ballad, vallenato and electronica, among others. He became known in Colombia with his first single ""No Me Da La Gana"", a fusion of genres such as ballads, pop, electronica and rock. At age 9 he began professional study with Carlos Mario Vasquez, director of the Escuela Viva La Musica. In 1989, started studying piano, guitar and vocal technique. He then played in the rock"
"Passarinho, voice; Ricardo Ferreira, voice; Tiago Azevedo, voice;Vileda, classic guitar; Vítor Santos, voice. FEUP Fado Group FEUP Fado Group is a Portuguese student group that performs Fado FEUP Fado Group started in 1988, from a group of students in FEUP, Engineering Faculty of Porto University (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto). Since then it has played Fado de Coimbra using voice, classic guitar and Portuguese guitar. Since its beginnings it has had several members that have come and gone, maintaining the group alive during the years. FEUP Fado Group plays Fado de Coimbra a variation of Fado, a traditional"
"in the North. Aboriginal instruments in this part of North American were limited to the voice and the easily made and portable drum. During the fur trade, European fur traders (mostly Orcadian Scots and French-Canadians) added a variety of their own instruments, such as the guitar and the accordion, but most importantly the fiddle. The fiddle became the basis of a distinctive style used in the Western fur trade and associated with the Métis people in particular. In his memoir Buffalo Days and Nights, respected Métis guide and interpreter Peter Erasmus writes that French Métis fiddlers from Lac Ste. Anne"
"by classic acoustic guitar and male voices. Guitarists Artur Paredes and his son Carlos Paredes are considered the pioneers and masters of this musical genre. Among its most renowned singers were Edmundo Bettencourt and António Menano, in the 1930s and 1940s, and José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Luís Goes and João Maria Tudela, in the 1950s and 1960s, the two so called ""golden ages"" of the genre. The Coimbra Academic Association (Associação Académica de Coimbra) has a fado section, teaching the genre to musically inclined students and promoting musical projects and events related to it. Its fame throughout Portugal"