Fado, Portugal’s most famous musical style, has long been the object of a turf war between purists and those who would infuse it with outside influences. Singer Cristina Branco’s in the second camp, ...

Fado singer Cristina Branco doesn't waste any time getting to the forlorn heart of the matter on "Sensus." Recorded in Portuguese, it opens with "Sonnet of Separation," a lyric by Brazilian composer ...

Cristina Branco is part of a younger generation of Portuguese singers that has rediscovered and transformed traditional fado songs. But her new album Ulisses veers away from that tradition and ...

There are few sounds on the planet as elegant as fado: its characteristically dramatic vocal style and the sweet, delicate tone of the Portuguese 12-string guitar create a refined feeling of ...