Césaria Évora Music

Origin: Mindelo, Cape Verde

Decades: 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

A native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Cesaria Evora 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. Evora 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, ... Read More