The Rough Guide To Fado Legends

With its raw passion and elegance, Fado is one of the world's great living musical traditions - its melancholic songs about lost love and tragic stories of the sea have a bewitching beauty. Listen to tales of lament and longing from the greatest fado legends including Amália Rodrigues, Maria de Fé and João Ferreira-Rosa.

Bonus CD: 'Nas Asas do Fado - 10 Anos' by Katia Guerreiro
Also presented as part of this package is the critically acclaimed album from one of Fado's next generation of promising stars, Katia Guerreiro. Receiving the award for 'Best Performer of Fado' from the Amália Rodrigues Foundation, as well as being awarded the 'Order of Arts And Letters' in France, Katia is a fantastic ambassador for fado on the world scene and set to become a future legend.