Mariza

After decades of neglect when fado was dismissed as a relic from Portugal's past, a new generation of young women has reinvigorated the nation's cherished musical style. And no one has embraced fado with more passion and charisma than Mariza, the music's greatest star and a full-throated singer who revels in the music's emotional power. 

With its blend of Portuguese folk poetry, Arabic cadences and African and Brazilian rhythms, fado was an unintended harvest from Portugal's far-flung empire.