Maria Severa Onofriana sang the blues, in Portuguese. More exactly, she was an early exponent " some say the inventor " of the guitar-based form known as fado. She was born in Lisbon in 1820, and died 26 years later. She was also a prostitute and her mother owned a tavern in one of the ...
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:23PM on August 9, 2011