Radio Fado de Coimbra

Coimbra's fado is different. It's more restrained, more academic, tied to the university's centuries-old traditions. Radio Fado de Coimbra lives in that world. The guitars shimmer with a delicate precision that Lisbon's fado sometimes lacks. You'll hear classics from the Coimbra songbook - artists like Zeca Afonso and a capella-style 'baladas' sung by students in capes. The station doesn't try to be anything else. It's pure, focused, and unapologetically local. Latin radio Portugal doesn't get more authentic than this. When you listen to Radio Fado de Coimbra live, you're hearing a tradition t…