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True, to really appreciate Carlos Saura's "Fados" one needs to speak either Spanish or Portuguese.

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Director Carlos Saura is an elegant stylist with a passion for song and dance that comes through in every frame of Fados , opening Friday, May 8, at Starz FilmCenter.

SFJAZZ pulls out some more big guns this weekend. Saturday , it's young Portuguese singer Mariza , who has updated the country's fado tradition with a dizzying array of international and popular influences.

Powerful stuff. Details: Presented by SFJAZZ's spring concert series, 8 p.m. May 2, Paramount Theatre, Oakland; $25-$75; 866-920-5299, www.sfjazz.org . 2 California Symphony in 3-D: Yes, you read that correctly.

A distinctive "blade" sign illuminates the restored Balboa Theatre downtown. The theater has struggled to meet financial expectations.

Mariza is singing at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Saturday night, alongside the Oregon Symphony , bringing her particular take on fado, a particular Portuguese genre, to Portland.

Just as there are more movies made and novels written about affairs than long marriages, the big road shows tend to get most of the love in any local music press.

Charismatic Mariza has sparked a stylish revival of Portugal's national music back home, and now gives it a global twist After Portuguese fado star Mariza made her debut album independently, she went around Lisbon looking for a label to sign and promote her.

The world's most beloved ambassador of fado, Mariza will make her Northwest debut at Benaroya Hall on Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. Mariza, known for her heartrending interpretations of the fado repertoire, will sing songs of sorrow and lost love, accompanied by traditional Portuguese instruments.

Fado star Mariza has come from the smoky cafs of Lisbon to Northwest Arkansas to perform Portugal's treasured national music at the Walton Arts Center tomorrow.

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The Cleveland Museum of Art's renowned VIVA! & Gala Around Town presents two-time Latin Grammy-nominated singer Mariza in a program of fado of Portugal on Friday, April 10, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ohio Theatre at PlayhouseSquare.

It's that blooming time again. It's all about the cherry blossoms in Rockdale County this weekend, so head out to the Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival 2009.

Fado is the music of Portugal, a haunting, emotional style intimately bound up with that tiny country's history and seagoing soul.

The quintessential folk music of Portugal, fado typically features dark tones and lyrics that pine over loss, depict loneliness, and mourn the difficult experiences of the poor.

What dreadful timing. Just when world music gets within a suitably melodic shout of the mainstream, the BBC pulls the awards ceremony that did so much to put it there.

If you want to get a sense of just what a big deal the Savannah Music Festival has become, consider the lineup for this Friday: Dan and Rayna Gellert performing American roots music at the Morris Center, a classical quintet at the Telfair Academy, Long Time Travelin' - a show featuring folksong traditions - at the Lucas Theatre, two shows at the ...

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Spring is anon, meaning festival announcements and venue bookings are being shot down the pipe faster than the flowers can bloom.