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- noun music A
fado singer
Etymologies
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Examples
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I did admire Martell's fierce, heartfelt Maria - she communicates a strong sense of willfulness and pride, and does a fair impression of a fadista with the material provided.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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Enter Jorge Fernando, former guitarist for Amalia Rodrigues, generally hailed as the greatest fadista ever.
www.startribune.com 2012
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I did admire Martell's fierce, heartfelt Maria - she communicates a strong sense of willfulness and pride, and does a fair impression of a fadista with the material provided.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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I did admire Martell's fierce, heartfelt Maria - she communicates a strong sense of willfulness and pride, and does a fair impression of a fadista with the material provided.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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In their playwrights' note, the composer and lyricist team describe being on vacation in Portugal six years ago and reading about the longing, urban musical style known as fado and the legendary fadista Maria Severa Onofriana in a Lisbon city travel guide.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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With her smoky alto, striking beauty and poised self-assurance, Moura is an ideal "fadista" for the 21st century.
www.startribune.com 2012
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Outside Portugal the fadista as a practitioner of the genre is called most evident of late is the 31-year-old Ana Moura, whose smoky contralto has drawn the attention of the Rolling Stones and Prince and who has just released a live CD called "Coliseu."
NYT > Home Page By LARRY ROHTER 2011
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In their playwrights' note, the composer and lyricist team describe being on vacation in Portugal six years ago and reading about the longing, urban musical style known as fado and the legendary fadista Maria Severa Onofriana in a Lisbon city travel guide.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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In their playwrights' note, the composer and lyricist team describe being on vacation in Portugal six years ago and reading about the longing, urban musical style known as fado and the legendary fadista Maria Severa Onofriana in a Lisbon city travel guide.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed J. Kelly Nestruck 2011
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It might be presumptive to say so, but one assumes while traveling in Lisbon, preferably with fadista Mariza's latest album, "Terra" (Earth), as background music, that understanding what saudade means without knowing Portuguese is definitely easier for the people of Turkey than it would be for people from other countries.
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