Essential Fado

The Facebook group "Fado in the US" is a good place to find information on fado performances in the US (though we are always looking for new contributions!). I asked the group's members for their essential fado recordings. Here are the responses, with the writer of the lyric and, sometimes, the singer who was mentioned*):

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• Porta do coraçao (Carlos Conde)
• Oiça lá Ó Senhor Vinho (Alberto James; as sung by Amália)
• Barco Negro (David Mourão Ferreira)
• Casa Portuguesa (Reinaldo Ferreira)
• Primavera (David Mourão Ferreira)
• Povo Que Lavas No Rio (Pedro Homem de Melo)
• Canção do Mar (Ferrer Trindade; as sung by Dulce Pontes)
• Coimbra (José Galhardo)
• Bairro Alto (Nuno de Aguiar or Carlos Neves; as sung by Carlos do Carmo)
• Lisboa, Menina e Moça (Ary dos Santos)
• Fado da Sina (Amadeu do Vale; as sung by Hermínia Silva)
• Rosa Enjeitada (José Galhardo; as sung by Hermínia Silva)
• Mariquinhas (probably Casa da Mariquinhas, or maybe Leilão da Casa da Mariquinhas, or Mariquinhas Vai à Fonte,...)
• Pomba Branca (Vasco de Lima Couto; as sung by Max)
• Cabelo Branco é Saudade (Henrique Rego; as sung by Alfredo Marceneiro)
• Ó Gente da Minha Terra (Amália Rodrigues; as sung by Mariza)
• Tive um Coração, Perdi-o (Amália Rodrigues; as sung by Cristina Branco)

Thanks everyone! And please do join the group "Fado in the US" if you'd like to get plugged in to live fado in the US.

*More complete information is available at José Fernandes Castro's site, Fados do Fado.