Cesária Évora
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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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Café Atlantico
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Miss Perfumado
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Mar azul
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Miss perfumado
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Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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