Fado is traditional Portuguese music whose history is difficult to trace. This singer described it as coming from those loved ones of sailors left behind when they went to sea. She connected the Portuguese word saudade to the music. Most simply, saudade means longing. She said it's more than that: it is the deep sense of having lost and missing something profoundly important to the artist. Saudade is soul deep.
The singer is accompanied by 2 guitars played by father and son. The closer one is a Portuguese guitar. The farther one is what we are used to seeing as a guitar
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