Ana Moura says she didn't decide to become a fadista, a singer of the fervent, longing-filled Portuguese music called fado, or fate. "Fado chose me," says the lush-voiced Portuguese singer, who brings ...

Ana Moura has already won over discriminating fans such as Prince and the Rolling Stones. With her fifth studio album, "Desfado," the 31-year-old Portuguese singer who is leading the popular ...

Hear songs from Ana Moura, the Orlons and Colin Hay that defined 2024 for readers. By Lindsay Zoladz No matter what year it is, I know this much to be true: Amplifier readers always deliver when I ask ...

Internationally recognised Portuguese singer Ana Moura is considered to be one of the most popular contemporary fado singers since the day she caught the ear of renowned fado singer Maria da Fé. Fado, ...

Ana Moura knows how to suffer. It is an underrated, deceptively difficult element of vocal artistry: to tap into that deep well of melancholy and anguish each of us possesses to varying degrees, and ...

Portugal has two healthy cultural obsessions: soccer and the music called fado, the latter of which has attracted fans and practitioners from Lisbon to Brisbane and beyond. Its latest star, fadista ...

Ana Moura recorded Mitchell’s “A Case of You” on Desfado, the first album Klein produced for her, back in 2012. She’s also worked with the Rolling Stones, singing “No Expectations” and “Brown Sugar” ...

and by phone at 216-421-7350 and 1-888-CMA-0033 (888-262-0033). Happy, happy stuff. "I started because I grew up listening to my parents singing," said Moura, who was born in Santarem and was calling ...

Fado singer Ana Moura on music and Mick Jagger Portuguese fado star Ana Moura expands the boundaries of traditional fado. On her new album 'Desfado' she includes three contemporary songs in English.

Ana Moura, Pedro Mafama, Herlander and Pongo discuss celebrating music that is tied to its place of origin, and moving away from home to carve out a musical career. Show more Ana Moura, Pedro Mafama, ...

It’s no surprise that Ana Moura embraced fado while growing up in Northern Portugal. Fado, the mournful folk music of the Portuguese which dates back more than 200 years, is ubiquitous throughout ...