Fado in Porto and northern PortugalFado appeared in Lisbon, but the oldest model of its guitar is named after Porto, and the first known Fado recording was made there.Read on
The first known Fado recording was made in PortoFado had been sung for decades before the first recording anyone knows of, made in Porto in 1900.Read on
Fado houses and Fado singers born in PortoPorto's oldest Fado house opened in 1968, and in the same decade singers from Porto were making their names in Lisbon's Fado houses.Read on
What to know before a Fado showSilence, phones, clapping and singing along: four things that decide whether you're listening to Fado or getting in its way.Read on
The history of FadoFado turned up on the streets of Lisbon in the nineteenth century, and nobody has proven where it came from.Read on
The Portuguese guitar and its playersThe Portuguese guitar comes in three models, Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto, and its players include Armandinho and the guitarists who accompanied Amália.Read on
Fado is made by its singersSix voices from more than a century of Fado, from a medical student in Coimbra to Amália and Mariza.Read on
Fados worth knowingFive Fados that amateurs and professionals still sing in Fado houses across Portugal, and the voices that made them known.Read on
Fado is Intangible Cultural HeritageFado has been on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage since November 2011, after a bid that started in Lisbon.Read on
