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Cesária Évora
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Cesária Évora, born 27th August 1941 in the port town of Mindelo on the Cape Verde island of São Vicente is a notable folk singer. She is known as the “barefoot diva” because of her propensity to appear on stage in her bare feet in support of the homeless and poor women and children of her country.
Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre (related with the Portuguese fado) sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixes her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin, accordion, and clarinet. Évora’s Cape Verdean blues often speak of the country’s history of isolation and slave trade, as well as emigration - almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad.
Évora’s voice, a finely-tuned, melancholy instrument with a touch of hoarseness, highlights her emotional phrasing by accenting a word or phrase. Even audiences who do not understand her language can be held spell-bound by the emotions evident in her performances.
In 2004 she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
Discography
1. La Diva aux pieds nus - 1988
2. Distino di Belita - 1990
3. Mar Azul - 1991
4. Miss Perfumado - 1992
5. Sodade, Les Plus Belles Mornas De Cesaria - 1994
6. Cesaria - 1995
7. Cabo Verde - 1997
8. Cafe Atlantico - 1999
9. Sao Vicente de Longe - 2001
10. Cesaria Evora Anthology - 2002
11. Live in Paris (DVD) - 2002
12. Voz D’amor - 2003
13. Club Sodade - Cesaria Evora by… - 2003
Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre (related with the Portuguese fado) sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixes her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin, accordion, and clarinet. Évora’s Cape Verdean blues often speak of the country’s history of isolation and slave trade, as well as emigration - almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad.
Évora’s voice, a finely-tuned, melancholy instrument with a touch of hoarseness, highlights her emotional phrasing by accenting a word or phrase. Even audiences who do not understand her language can be held spell-bound by the emotions evident in her performances.
In 2004 she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
Discography
1. La Diva aux pieds nus - 1988
2. Distino di Belita - 1990
3. Mar Azul - 1991
4. Miss Perfumado - 1992
5. Sodade, Les Plus Belles Mornas De Cesaria - 1994
6. Cesaria - 1995
7. Cabo Verde - 1997
8. Cafe Atlantico - 1999
9. Sao Vicente de Longe - 2001
10. Cesaria Evora Anthology - 2002
11. Live in Paris (DVD) - 2002
12. Voz D’amor - 2003
13. Club Sodade - Cesaria Evora by… - 2003
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Mar azul
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Miss perfumado
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Shoutbox
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Pero-V-bok-tebe wrote:
без б... многие молоденьгие хуйлыги по типу бийонс и риханы в ногах у неё не валялись, и не будут никогда. хиххи... я сравнил тоже, однако
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i-ya-yai wrote:
Удивительная бабушка...поклон уважения.
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No3made wrote:
luiza makes me travel..
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aykutalp wrote:
Echad un vistazo a mi nuevo grupo: Barco Blanco
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cvelvet wrote:
new disc is so fantastic! thanks=)
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Nedoverchivaya wrote:
pure feelings
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Zenafrica wrote:
Voz de amor que transportou Cabo Verde à distância da 'sodade'...!
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beatermax wrote:
The video of Sodade is the better version Love her rich, warm honey voice!
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butteredcat wrote:
aha, she does...
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thomas534 wrote:
Comes to Ukraine))))) but i cant be there to see her(( ех мля =(
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YAMZHGSCH wrote:
mama
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djraghkstar wrote:
saw her perform at wolftrap in vienna va a few years ago. magical....yes! love this lady.....have some music on me FREE DL -----> http://www.[spam]/download/61289679f21edb62/ (latinasoulmix) :O] [www.twitter.com/djraghkstar / www.myspace.com/djraghkstar]
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BernaO wrote:
su concierto estuvo magnifico, lo unico lamentable fueron los problemas con el sonido del bajo (que se arreglaron despues), pero nada, notables musicos y canciones emblematicas (aunque eche de menos Cabo Verde, con esa cancion me doy por pagada).
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Parisblues wrote:
"maria elena"
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natashakozaily wrote:
Hey! Just finished my Demo CD!!! Check it out! http://www.last.fm/music/Natasha+Kozaily
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BernaO wrote:
viene a chile y no me lo pierdoooooo :) felicidad
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Imepolykala wrote:
Hermosa voz, gran sentimiento. ¡Maravillosa!
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cesarojedac wrote:
coming to Venezuela
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Silvanaaaa wrote:
shi is great..pure feeling..
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portishphonic wrote:
she's just incredible
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- Nov 25 Cesária Évora Utenos pramogų arena, Ažuolyno g. 13, Vilnius, Lithuania
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