Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City – Richard Elliott

Elliot, Richard. Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City. Farnham: Ashgate Press, 2010. Fado, often described as ‘urban folk music’, emerged from the streets of Lisbon in the mid-nineteenth century and went on to become Portugal’s ‘national’ music during the twentieth. It is known for its strong emphasis on loss, memory [...]