PROVIDENCE – It may be hard to believe but a 15-year-old took home this year’s Song of the Year trophy at the International Portuguese Music Awards, while two ...

The New Bedford Day of Portugal festival is relocating to Madeira Field. The festival will feature Portuguese food, music, folklore performances, and crafts. The event runs from Friday, June 13 to ...

Portugal remains at the top of travel wish lists these days. The country is expecting to receive more than 33 million visitors this year. In fact, there are now protests there sparked by what's called ...

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 ...

The Portuguese word fado means fate. Fado songs have a reputation for being mournful and full of tragic stories about destiny -- a kind of Portuguese folk music that many people liken to American ...

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.