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INTERVIEW fado : Portuguese singer Camane: 'Nobody in my generation was listening to fado music'

Portuguese singer Camane: 'Nobody in my generation was listening to fado music'

While ‘folk music‘ isn’t too popular in most countries, the Portuguese fado attracts a wide range of generations - at least in its home country. The masculine figurehead of a new generation of fadistas, 44, speaks about the genre’s roots

by Sascha Lübbe @ // 30/06/11

fado, camané, music, portugal

Fado pop song ‘saves’ Portugal’s generation precarity; will Eurovision? Watch the video

- Video Fado pop song ‘saves’ Portugal’s generation precarity; will Eurovision?

09/03/11

fado, internships, eurogeneration, politics, precarity, culture, porto

INTERVIEW fado : Cristina Branco, the magic of fado

Cristina Branco, the magic of fado

If you haven’t heard of Cristina Branco it’s likely that you haven’t heard of fado, a melancholy Portuguese singing tradition which is set to take Europe by storm

by Nuala Morgan @ // 21/04/05

fado, music, literature, identity, brunch, cristina branco, portugal

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