Cesaria Evora
Cesaria Evora
Genres: female vocalists, latin, cape verde, world, World Music
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About Cesaria Evora
Cesária Évora; (27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004, and it has influenced many Cape Verde diaspora musicians as well as American pop singer Madonna. Évora is also known as Cize, the Barefoot Diva, and the Queen of Morna. Growing up in poverty, Évora began her singing career in local bars at age sixteen. She saw relative popularity within Cape Verde over the following years, but she retired from singing when it did not provide her with enough money to care for her children. Évora returned to music in 1985, when she contributed to a women's music anthology album in Portugal. There, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released her debut album, La Diva Aux Pieds Nus, in 1988. Évora saw worldwide success after releasing her fourth and fifth albums: Miss Perfumado (1992) and Cesária (1995). She developed health problems in the late 2000s and died from respiratory failure and hypertension in 2011.
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Cesaria Evora — Top 28 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesária Évora | Sodade | ||
| Cesária Évora | Xandinha | ||
| Cesária Évora | Ligereza | ||
| Cesária Évora | Nho Antone Escaderode | ||
| Cesária Évora | Besame Mucho | ||
| Cesária Évora | traz d'horizonte | ||
| Cesária Évora | Carnaval De São Vicente (Versão Percussões) | ||
| Cesária Évora | Mãe Africa (Original Version) | ||
| Cesária Évora | Lua Nha Testemunha | ||
| Cesária Évora | Carnaval De Sao Vicente | ||
| Cesária Évora | Tiempo Y Silencio | ||
| Cesária Évora | Dor Di Sodade | ||
| Cesária Évora | Natal | ||
| Cesária Évora | Papa Joachim Paris | ||
| Cesária Évora | Sangue De Beirona [Short Edit] | ||
| Cesária Évora | Ess Pais | ||
| Cesária Évora | Mãe Carinhosa | ||
| Cesária Évora | Rotcha âScribida | ||
| Cesária Évora | Sangue De Beirona | ||
| Cesária Évora | Nutridinha | ||
| Cesária Évora | Mar Azul | ||
| Cesária Évora | Zebra | ||
| Cesária Évora | Tchintchirote | ||
| Cesária Évora | Fior Di Nha Esperanca | ||
| Cesária Évora | Bondade E Maldade | ||
| Cesária Évora | Sangue de Beirona [Francois K remix] | ||
| Cesária Évora | Um Pincelada | ||
| Cesária Évora | Regresso |