CESARIA EVORA LIVE IN WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 1, 2006

Sodade/saudade means nostalgia of the present time.

Zeferino Soares musician from Sao Nicolau Island (Cape Verde, West Africa) had written this sound in 1954.

Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean singer. Nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for her custom of performing without shoes, Cesária Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of morna.

Garnering several gold records and a total of six Grammy nominations, Evora has been heralded as a rare original whose music is both heartfelt and transcendent. The New York Times has characterized her music as having "melodies as graceful and knowing as the Mona Lisa's smile." Critic Renée Graham, noting that Evora has a "beguiling voice of longing, cured by cognac, cigarettes and melancholy," has written in the Boston Globe: "Her voice doesn't come at you all at once. She will not bellow songs for effect or attention, nor will she attack the notes as if they owe her money. It is a subtle, unlabored sound, dramatic but not flamboyant, which washes over listeners slowly but indelibly."

Produced & Directed by Guenny K. Pires to TXAN FILM PRODUCTIONS VISUAL ARTS, Inc.

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