Cesária Evora
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- 2015-07-11 Fête Ballroom Providence, US
- 2011-11-18 Royal Festival Hall - Southbank Centre London, GB
- 2011-11-02 Kultur- & Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL) Lucerne, CH
About Cesária Evora
A native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Cesária Évora was known as the country's foremost practitioner of the morna, which is strongly associated with the islands and combines West African percussion with Portuguese fados, Brazilian modhinas, and British sea shanties. Évora began singing morna at age 16 after meeting an attractive young guitarist. Her talent soon had her performing all over the islands, and in the late '60s two of her radio tapes were released as albums in the Netherlands and Portugal, respectively. However, Évora never left her country, and gave up singing in the mi...
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