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.

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 ...

LISBON, PORTUGAL - Fado singers rarely find fame beyond Portugal's borders. The country and its traditional folk music are bound together so tightly it is hard to fathom one without the other. Then ...

Saudade vai-te embora (Saudade go away)--Rosinha dos limoes (Little Rose of the lemons)--Tristezas (Sadness)--Igreja de Santa Cruz (Church of Santa Cruz)--Lisboa, da beira mar (Lisbon by the river ...