Chasing the Fado. In the late 1. 98. I lived for a time in San Francisco where, among other diversions. I frequently dropped into the Purple Heart Thrift Store, a huge barn of a place run. Vietnam Veterans. On a bright spring day in 1.

Portugal’s fado singers tell sorrowful stories. But other Portuguese history echoes in fado, from melancholy Moorish songs to the laments of African slaves. Desfado is the fifth album by Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura. It was produced by American record producer Larry Klein in Hollywood, California, and was released on. The song also exists as the base of a fado, with local variations as in the Malhão de Cinfães, Malhão das Pulgas, and Malhão de Águeda.

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Fado: The Echoes of Portugal. Fado is one of the many cultural influences left behind by the Portuguese that have become an integral part of Goan culture.

I was checking, as usual, the. You've got your Doris Days, your Bings, your Tommy Dorseys. The first one off the top of.

English H. M. V. In California, that was unusual. I almost. expected it to be Jack Hylton or maybe a stray Paul Whiteman but the name was unfamiliar. The legend below read . I dug deeper, found more, and by the time I was through had assembled. American. Totally suckered, I shelled out my dollars and left.

Back home I cranked up the phonograph and let the needle drop. The sound knocked. I felt like I'd discovered the lost chord. Stream The Evil Within online in english with english subtitles in 1440p. To explain its elusive and haunting beauty is no easy. The Fado is deceptively simple, like quicksand.

The listener is enmeshed in. Fado before quite knowing how or why.

It sounds like a bowlful of echoes from. Down to basics; the literal dictionary definition of the word . The meaning invested in this small word by the Portuguese, however. Portuguese character itself.

The music at least. Lisbon, could be defined as an urban cafe style and parallels can be drawn with. Rebetika, blues and original Tango. Like Rebetika, its subject matter is life's harsh. Like Rebetika again, its instrumental accompaniment is largely stringed. Portuguese guitarra and viola* - but unlike Rebetika its approach. The Fado speaks with a quiet dignity born of the realisation that.

An illuminating description, by the author Lawton Mc. Cawl, can be found in his.

Portugal for Two in 1. In fact, the. Fados are spontaneous poetry of the human heart. Not just as music. Lawton Mc. Cawl's account of. Lisbon Fado tavern differs little from my own experience some 5. That in itself is astonishing in a world of instant communication and fast- withering.

So where did it start? There are many theories and almost all of them. Fado is an old tree of a music, with deep. It is. half as old again as the Blues but with an international exposure less than one tenth. What you find, therefore, is a very long tradition which, in its cultural. Sifting through. the evidence a pattern begins to appear.

Portugal's early involvement in colonialism. African and South American. Black emancipation had occured in Portugal. American Civil War and a substantial black population. African in origin but often filtered through a Brazilian experience, was firmly ensconced. Alfama district of Lisbon by the beginning of the 1. Guitarristas de Lisboa: Avelino (viola) and Adelino (guitarra)The dances most commonly associated with this cultural group were the Lundu.

Lundum) described with contemporary horror as . Later, elements of these two dances came to. In this it is similar to the Spanish Jota, a. So we can IIOW see that a fundamental ingredient of the Fado is identifiably African. Fado applied to a guitar- accompanied.

The next factor to consider is the long Portuguese tradition. In folk terms both the quatrain. Portuguese culture long before the early 1. The popular folk quatrain was used in many forms by a largely rural community. All the usual concerns of a pure folk form. It's arguably. the lyrical genesis of the Fado.

The ballad tradition extends back to the 1. At some point lost in the log of history these. Fado. Maria Severa is where. According to most dependable contemporary accounts, Maria Severa was the first. Fado and the originator of the female Fadista tradition of. Born and raised in the.

Alfama district of Lisbon (that is, the wrong side of the tracks) she and her mother. It was her Fado that. Comte De Vimioso heard and with her this noble aristocrat entered into what historians. Sheet music was published, articles were written, the whole matter. Portuguese at every level. Like any new music that appears.

The. controversy was probably not dissimilar in essence to the emergence of the Tango. Buenos Aires. It is a testament to the impact of these events that there are many. Maria Severa by a wide variety of Fadistas de Lisboa. For how long before these events in 1. Fado had been an identifiable song. There is some evidence to suggest it was known in Brazil. Fado we hear on record from at least 1.

Fado that is still nightly practised in Lisbon) is the same Fado that emerged. It might therefore be reasonable to assign to Maria.

Severa the role of unwitting catalyst rather than inventor, as some have previously. But the Fado lives not just in Lisbon. There is yet another side to this story. Fado which shares the origins and keeps the basic form, but is recognised. Lisbon style. Coimbra, the old university town of Portugal, is a place of deep and unbroken. Here among the old streets and university buildings Portugal's heritage. Those who practice the Fado da Coimbra are a very different breed.

Lisbon for. cathartic purposes. While it retains the same form and instrumental accompaniment, its attitude is. It has been described as a more refined strain of Fado, but this. I played a selection of pieces. Certainly a Coimbra Fado would be. Rodney Gallop, writing. A group based around Dr.

Antonio Menano, including. Dr Edmundo de Bettancourt and Dr. Lucos Junot, guitarristas of astonishing. Artur Paredes and Jose Joaoquim Cavalheiro, produced a body of.

Coimbra Fado in its true glory. They also interpreted other. Portuguese song forms from rural regions such as the Beirra Baixa and Alemtejo. Their. recorded legacy affords us a glimpse, at least, of a sub- culture that would otherwise. It is also clear from Rodney Gallop's published works.

Coimbra Fado is nevertheless full of longing, and it is that spirit which lies. Fado, be it from Lisbon or Coimbra. There is a Portuguese. The closest English definition. Its emotional parallel is Spanish 'duende', insofar as defining the. But the direction it takes is different.

It may be useful. Portuguese equivalent of that which fuels the deepest of Mississippi. Texas blues. Saudade is, in short, a measure of the depth of feeling that passes. Both strains of Fado must possess saudade if they are to be considered genuine. Portuguese audience without it.

Audience. behaviour is actually crucial to a live performance and the rules for the audience. In the typical Lisbon situation, no audience. I have witnessed noisy patrons being physically jostled from the room. Jose Reis a coach driver singing In Barrio Alto.

It's a serious business for all concerned and anyone experiencing the genuine. Fado for the first time will need to bear those simple rules in mind, especially. At the end of a song it is perfectly. Indeed it is expected.

For especially fine renditions the appellation. Fadista' pronounced faaadeeshta!!) is especially appropriate. The term 'Fadista', like most things Portugese, has deeper layers of meaning than.

A Singer Of Fados'. From the mid- 1. 9th century until at roast the early 1. Lisbon society. Fadista's were the. Portuguese counterparts of Athenian Mangas, people whose dross code, attitude and.

A contemporary. description is worth noting for its refined sense of outrage. I had been in the Bairro.

Alto for over three weeks when a Seriously Concerned Representative of the Tourist. Office issued grim warnings about the Footpads and Jack O'Lanterns lying in wait. One who did, however, and one whose impact upon the direction of the. Fado has been immeasurable, is Amalia Rodrigues.

Like Severa, Amalia Rodrigues was. Alfama district. Her mother was an orange- seller. A strikingly. beautiful woman with a powerful personality, Amalia's greatest talent lies in her.

Astonishing range and control allow her to produce music of great beauty and. Do I sound like her publicist ? She needs only to be heard at her. In a long career that started in 1. Amalia's style has. Fado. If you've had only a passing acquaintance with.

Amalia Rodrigues. And you may have heard some. They represent a pinnacle of development in Fado's history. Today's broad minded Ethnic/World fan (that's probably you) would. Fair. Lusitania, where they will find, if they dig deep enough, a folk music of unsurpassedbeauty. I've been chasing the Fado for over five years, and it's been worth every.

The guitarra is (generally) 1. This is the. classic instrumental configuration. Available Recordings: Presently, it is not easy to find genuine examples of the Fado in UK record stores. On this are some fine examples of guitarra and viola duets. Lisbon along with Portuguese- American titles that are perhaps less. Antonio Menano (2. Dr. Edmundo de Bettancourt (2.

It. contains a few pop- ish songs but in the main it's a good, solid selection. From your favourite specialist you should be able to procure an album on. Ocora CD5. 59. 04. Fernando Machado Soares, a genuine modern Coimbra stylist. As yet, the classic early Lisboa recordings from the '2.

However, a pair of 2. CDs of 1. 92. 8- 3. Fado are promiser! Rodney Gallop's epic 1. Portugal, A Book. Of Folkways contains a chapter on the Fado and much useful background information. Portuguese folk- lore an cl culture.

Currently out of print, it's novertheless. If you read Portuguese, try to find Historia Do Fado. Pinto De Carvalho, first published in 1. Contexto. (Lisbon). From the same publishing house, shore's Amalia, Uma Biografia by Vitor. Pavao Dos Santos. This excellent volume contains many absorbing illustrations and.

RS . His views. are perhaps quirky, but worthy of attention. I also just learned from Paul Vernon that he finished writing his book on Fado. The. title is not yet desided but it will be published by the The Scola Press, London. Vermont, an is to appear in the bookshops in January - 9.

Useful agents include Abreu. Destination Portugal (0. Portuguese Travel. Centre (0. 71- 5. Red tape: None for E.

C. North Americans can stay up to 6. Australians for up to 3 months; New Zealanders, for some reason. The Portuguese Consulate in London is at 8. Brompton Rd, London SW3 (0. Costs: Reckon on 2. Information and maps: A range of leaflets are dispensed by the Portuguese. National Tourist Office, 2.

Sackville St, London W1 (0.