Fado originated in Lisbon, Portugal. If you want to visit a traditional fado bar, go to Bairro Alto — one of the oldest parts of the city.
Raquel Tavares – Fado Lisboeta
Raquel Tavares who won “Grande Noite Do Fado”, the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal, sang regularly at the famous fado house Bacalhau De Molho.
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jen laceda
11 months ago
I love it! I am a fan of Cesaria Evora, but Raquel is my new fave! Thanks for sharing.
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Erica Johansson
11 months ago
@jen, She’s my new favorite too. Must have listened to this song about 100 times by now. I love her!
Nomadic Matt
11 months ago
cool video. where did u find it?
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Janelle
11 months ago
Thanks for reposting the video Erica! Matt – the video is one of many at Nat Geo Music – and keep checking back at the Intelligent Travel blog, we’ve got a new column, Sound Tracks, introducing new music each week.
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/music/sound-tracks/
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home
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Erica Johansson
11 months ago
@Matt, I found it on the Intelligent Travel Blog http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/04/soundtracks.html Then I watched it again at http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/music/index.html