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Claudia Aurora: Mulher do Norte review – a gentler fado singer

2848 days ago
Guardian Music(Red Orange)The title, woman of the north, refers to the city of Porto, which Aurora left for Bristol, where she discovered her talents as a singer of fado, Portugal’s yearning music of fate. This second album confirms the promise of her debut... more info

Ana Moura review – Portuguese blues get chance to dance

2899 days ago
Guardian MusicCadogan Hall, LondonMoura’s tremendous fado has gone upbeat, electric and pop, but she reverts to acoustic for her most poignant, intimate numbersAna Moura started out singing fado, the Portuguese answer to the blues, in Lisbon. Mixing traditional ... more info

Stanford Live 2013-14 subscriptions available now

3957 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaHeadliners include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell, soprano Deborah Voigt, pianist Richard Goode. Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin on a double bill, fado singer Mariza, the Kronos Quartet and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra... more info

Review: Mariza, the consummate fado artist, mesmerizes listeners on first of four nights at SFJazz Center

4032 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaThere's something scripted about Mariza's high-drama tour of the tradition and her updates to it. Yet she connects. Like Minnelli or Streisand, she convinces with an essential passion and power. more info

River of Music, Europe stage – review

4268 days ago
Guardian MusicSomerset House, LondonIt has not been a great festival year, with rain, rancour and receivership blighting promising events, from the Isle of Wight to Bloc. By contrast, the under-publicised River of Music festival – free, dry and spread across six... more info

Ana Moura – review

4532 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonFado is Portugal's answer to the blues, an often pained and passionate, but sometimes upbeat style that is best experienced in the cramped, candle-lit fado houses of Lisbon. But the finest fado singers are now in demand in concert hal... more info

Fado moves into the future

4551 days ago
Guardian MusicPrince and the Rolling Stones love her, but Ana Moura almost didn't find fado at allAna Moura sits in a restaurant in downtown Lisbon explaining how she was always destined to be a fado singer, she just hadn't always realised it. "We have this saying... more info

Womad – review

4625 days ago
Guardian MusicCharlton Park, WiltshireTen o'clock on Saturday night in a field in Wiltshire, and all concerns about Cameron's Britain, or jitters about the Test match, could cheerfully be forgotten.The sun had just set, festival favourite Baaba Maal was on stage a... more info

Gig review: Mariza

4701 days ago
Scotsman.comMariza Usher Hall, Edinburgh ***** more info

Interview: Mariza - Keeping Portugal firmly on the music map

4707 days ago
Scotsman.comHer fame is global and her music transcends language barriers, but Mariza's fado music is still firmly rooted in her native country more info

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