Location(s):
Cape VerdeType:
TraditionalCreator:
Cesaria Evora
Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdian musician. Her preference to perform without shoes has hearned her the nickname the "barefoot diva." She sings in the
morna style, a blues-y genre from Cape Verde which combines local creole lyrics with instruments such as the cavaquinho, clarinet, accordian, piano, violin and guitar.
Tracks on "Cafe Atlantico" album include:
- "Flör di nha esperança"
- "Vaquinha nansa"
- "Amor di mundo"
- "Paraiso di atlantico"
- "Sorte"
- "Carnaval de São Vicente"
- "Desilusão dum amdjer"
- "Nho antone escaderode"
- "Beijo de longe"
- "Roma criola"
- "Perseguida"
- "Maria Elena"
- "Cabo verde mandá mantenha"
- "Terezinha"