Fado is the traditional music of Portugal – proud, austere, and deeply melancholic. Mariza is the music’s biggest star for a reason: she sings it not as musty nostalgia but as exuberant 21st-century pop, with a low, mesmerizing alto that is as commanding as any pop singer today... remaking Fado’s ancient sadness into a majestic modern sound
—Rolling Stone
No other Portuguese artist since Amália Rodrigues has built an international career with such success.
