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Massachusetts Jose Carlos Azevedo is a well-known fado singer in Portuguese communities living in the United States and Canada. His captivating, powerful, and harmonious voice conveys a feeling of “Saudade” which is the essence of fado. The word “Saudade” refers to a longing for a precious moment in a person’s life and a yearning and hopefulness towards re-living that moment. Over the years Jose Carlos’s singing style and fado songs have captivated the hearts of a large and diverse audience of fado lovers in the US and Canada. Jose Carlos will delight you with his interpretation of traditional Portuguese…

Fadista A native of Albergaria-A-Velha in northern Portugal, Fátima Santos began singing in church. Attracted by the operatic vocal technique used by Coimbra Fado singers, and inspired by great composers such as José Afonso, Luiz Goes, and Fernando Rolim, Ms. Santos began performing this type of Fado, as well as other types of Portuguese vocal music. One of the very few female performers of Coimbra Fado, Fátima Santos participates in cultural programs implemented by the Portuguese Arts Organization and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera. Discography: “Nitidez do Comum” – SbFS, SbFS 010451, 2011…

California David was born December 7th, 1980 in San Jose, California to two adoring immigrant parents from the village of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores, Rosa Maria and António Garcia. Seeing as how David’s parents had only been in the U.S. for six years, David was raised in the true, old-fashioned Portuguese way, only speaking Portuguese and listening to all genres of Portuguese music. He attended a private Catholic school at Five Wounds from Kindergarten through 8th grade where he graduated in 1995. He then went on to attend his four years of high school at…

Fadista Catarina Avelar of Massachusetts has been singing fado in locations in the eastern and western US since making her debut in 2012. In 2003 Catarina Avelar recorded an album titled “De Alma e Coração,”

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Angela Brito – Fadista Angela was born in November of 1979 to Manuel and Maria Brito. Born & raised in San Pablo, California, Angela’s love of music began blossoming at a very young age. Her father, from São Brás de Álportel, in the region of Algarve, played the Guitarra Portuguesa and shared his passion for Fado with her. Angela has fond memories of hearing the crisp sound of the Guitarra Portuguesa as she watched her father’s fingers dancing along its strings.  He and her mother, originally from the city of Ílhavo, in the Beira Litoral region of Portugal, were actively…

Fadista Dinis Paiva, a widely known Fado singer and also the owner of the restaurant, started the tradition of having a Fado night at his restaurant, O Dinis, every Monday night. His daughter, Natalia Paiva-Neves is now running the restaurant and keeps the tradition alive. Dinis Paiva, fadista

Massachusetts Carlos Furtado, born in Sao Miguel, Azores, Carlos came to the United States in 1998. From a young age, Carlos had an interest in singing fado. He enjoyed listening to Amalia Rodrigues and Antonio Mourão on the radio. As a child, he sang cantigas ao Desafio with his father and also in a folklore group. When Carlos came to the United States in 1998, he settled in Fall River, Massachusetts where he currently lives. In 2011, Carlos furtado recorded his first album: “Minha Voz no Fado”

Ana Vinagre (Fado Singer) was born in the fishing village of Buarcos – Figueira da Foz – Portugal. Very early, she began participating in the church choir and in local Community Playhouses doing stage plays and operettas. At the age of 13, Ana joined the local Folk Dance Group “CANTARINHAS DE BUARCOS” and toured the entire country of Portugal as well as several European countries at Folk Music and Dance Festivals. In 1972 married Joe Vinagre, a U.S. Disk Jockey, and set roots in New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1978 at the insistence of some friends, Ana began to do the…

Tonight’s fado night took place at the Grupo Desportivo da Mouraria, housed in a former palace of the Távora family and located high in the hills of Lisbon’s Mouraria neighborhood. The concert headlined the fadista Teresa Siqueira, a 50-year veteran of fado who, despite her widespread recognition, performs only on the most special occasions–including when she is joined by her well-known daughter, Carminho. The event is available for viewing online until Sunday, Oct 3, 2021 at 9 PM ETCLICK LINK BELOW https://fb.watch/8oyLY2Wgdf/ Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States–PALCUS–continues its 30th-anniversary celebration with a special concert from the CATEDRAL DO…