"I lived in a traditional Lisbon neighbourhood and have always sung the fado – I know what it is, I understand myself through it". MarizaMariza is a Mozambican whose soul was forged in the old Mouraria district of Lisbon. It was there that she first heard fado singers, lots of them - so many that their names and faces have merged into the mist of memory; but these "reminiscences live on in my singing". The tributes to Fernando Maurício, Carlos do Carmo and Amália Rodrigues in Transparente (her latest album) therefore come as no surprise. Despite experimenting with other rhythmic forms, Mariza has always been involved in fado.Her first album release in 2001(tellingly titled), Fado em mim (Fado in me), went Triple platinum in Portugal and thrust her on to the international scene. The press had no hesitation in stating that "a star is born". In 2002, at the Quebec Summer Festival, she received the First Award for Most Outstanding Performance. That same year she performed in New York's...