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• n  a sad Portuguese folksong

• High-minded as fado may be in Branco's hands, the style had the rotten luck to be endorsed by the dictators who ruled Portugal for almost 50 years.
• Fado means destiny in Portuguese, and the Weltschmerz of a good fado gets a physical grip on its audience; like "ffillie Holiday's blues, fados encourage a state of mind well .
• If you want to be my love Don't speak to me only of love, But talk to me about fado.

News & Articles

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• Fado Irish Pub Offers a Specialty Menu with New Summer Cocktails and Beers
  The new summer menu at Fado is perfect to enjoy during Happy Hour on the patio or a night out with friends (PRWeb June 25, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/fado/summerdrinks/prweb10865336.htm
  June 25, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Mariza in Reuters India
  You can have a happy concert, because fado and Lisbon have that side too, not just the melancholy side,said Mariza. "They have the happiness, the fashion, the love, the saudade, everything."
• Mísia in International Herald Tribune
  When I decided to devote myself to fado, my friends were horrified,said Mísia before a recent performance in Paris, where she now lives. "It had the stigma of the dictatorship that used fado as propaganda for Portugal as a place that was...
• Carlos Saura in AFP
  I hope this movie will launch fado in the world,said Saura as he presented his film at the festival which got underway on Thursday.