PROVIDENCE — The 2025 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) will see some big names from the Portuguese-speaking world take the stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center on April 12. A ...

Portugal remains at the top of travel wish lists these days. The country is expecting to receive more than 33 million visitors this year. In fact, there are now protests there sparked by what's called ...

The 2025 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) will be held at the Providence Performing Arts Center on April 12. The awards feature various music genres, including rock, rap, fado, and world ...

An American at the forefront of the fado, a type of melancholy Portuguese folk music, Ramana Vieira says her show Friday at Journey Downtown in Vacaville will be an example of “fado fusion.” The ...

Ramana Vieira of Vacaville, an internationally known singer of fado, a kind of Portuguese folk song, usually melancholic and nostalgic, calls the music “a window into the soul” of Portuguese people.

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The Portuguese word fado means fate. Fado songs have a reputation for being mournful and full of tragic stories about destiny -- a kind of Portuguese folk music that many people liken to American ...

Journey to the world of Portuguese Fado as interpreted by Ramana Vieira, a northern California native of Portuguese descent. Vieira’s parents immigrated to the United States from Portugal, where her ...

LUDLOW - Festa, which opened its doors for five days yesterday, has everything you would expect to find at a country fair. There is food, live music, a midway filled with fun rides, things to buy, ...

A queen who sacrificed her safety to feed the poor, a king who tried to stop her, and a crown placed on the head of a destitute girl. The origins of the Holy Ghost Festa, celebrated annually in North ...