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Fado

Fado is a music genre originating from Portugal in the 1820s.

Fado

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  • Elusive and haunting beauty

    When I first listened, the sound knocked me sideways. I felt like I'd discovered the lost chord. Dinner was ignored. I'd found the Fado. Or it had found me. To explain its elusive and haunting beauty is no easy task. The Fado is deceptively simple, like quicksand. The listener is enmeshed in the Fado before quite knowing how or why. It sounds like a bowlful of echoes from everywhere.

    Paul, United States - 08 July 2003

  • The reality of Portuguese emotions

    Fado is a very typical music of Portugal, that perfectly expresses the reality of Portuguese emotions. It speaks with a quiet dignity born of the realisation that any mortal desire or plan is at risk of destruction by powers beyond individual control.

    Nuno, Portugal - 26 June 2003