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Cesaria Evora - Carnaval De Sao Vicente

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A native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Césaria Évora is 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 mid-'70s owing to lack of profit. In 1985, at the age of 45, she decided to return to music and traveled to Portugal to record two songs for an anthology of female Cape Verdean singers. This led to subsequent recording sessions in Paris, which resulted in four albums from 1988 to 1992. Her international fame grew, and she toured Europe, Africa, Brazil, and Canada, with stops in the United States to perform for Cape Verdean audiences. In the fall of 1995, she mounted her first large-scale American tour; subsequent recordings include 1997's Cabo Verde and 1999's Mar Azul and Cafe Atlantico.

With Évora now a certified international star, the new millennium didn't see any loss of momentum for the singer and she continued to record and tour the globe. Her 2001 release, Sao Vicente, featured numerous collaborations, including appearances from Bonnie Raitt, Orquesta Aragón, and Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso. Already a well-televised figure in Europe, her growing popularity in North America led to an appearance on The David Letterman Show; a DVD, Live in Paris; the reissue of her 1974 album Distino di Belita; and the 2004 Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music recording for Voz d'Amor. The same year she was recognized by French culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon as an Officer des Arts et des Lettres. After another extensive tour, in 2006 Évora released Rogamar, much of which was recorded in her hometown of Mindelo.

Carnaval De Sao Vicente (jazzy carnaval mix).

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  • I did this tribute video to this beautiful amazing woman almost 4 years ago. If anyone had the experience of seeing this woman in concert you would have been amazed. You made your mark Cesaria and I will love you forever!

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  • r.i.p. Gracias por toda tu maravillosa música. Descansa en paz.

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  • R.I.P:(

    

  • Siempre fuiste una caricia para mis oidos. GRACIAS.

  • Her concert is probably the best one i have been and might will be...Amazing voice and aura...She filled the stage with her smile...Goodbye to her is so hard to even spell it so i never did...And i never will...Her voice fills my room,my mp3,my work,my perfomances every day...

  • triste que Cesarie sair de eso mundo....saudades!

  • Rest In Peace, amazing Cesaria. I feel honored to have seen you in public in Guadalajara's Degollado theater. Salve Cesaria!

  • This is a complete fly! so modern, stylish, utterly romantic, unique plastic and certainly forever! Bravo!

  • I love you, Cesaria. Thank you for sharing your beautiful talents and introducing me to another genre of music. You will be dearly missed.

  • Rest in Peace!! Thank you for tears and thank you for smiles!! World just lost one of its best. Love you!!

  • Cesaria, I thank God for you, and for your music. Thank you for sharing with us. Rest in peace.

  • Sevgili Cüneyt Özdemir ...Twitter de paylaştın bu şarkıyı. Çok teşekkürler:))) geç tanıştığım bu kadının bir mucize şarkısıyla daha tanıştım.

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