Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean singer born in Mindelo in 1941, active from 1957. A performer of morna and fado on the Lusafrica label, she released her first album, 'Cesária', in 1987.
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- Mãe Carinhosa (2013)
- Born
- 1941 · Mindelo
- Origin
- Cape Verde
- Active since
- 1957
- Label
- Lusafrica
About — The artist
Cesária Évora (pronunciation: /sɨˈzaɾiɐ.ˈɛvuɾɐ/) was a Cape Verdean singer, born on 27 August 1941 in Mindelo (Cape Verde, then under Portuguese rule) and who died on 17 December 2011 in São Vicente.
With her deep and gentle voice, she popularised morna, a musical genre from Cape Verde, as well as its faster variant, coladeira, to a global audience. Her recording and stage career spanned fifty-four years, from 1957 to 2011, but her success only came in the early 1990s.
She was known by several nicknames: the “Barefoot Diva” (Diva dos pés descalços), in reference to her habit of performing barefoot on stage, the “Queen of Morna” (Rainha da morna), or “Cize”, an abbreviation of her first name.
Throughout her career, she sang predominantly in her mother tongue, Cape Verdean Creole, and also in Spanish or French, hence the title of her song La Diva aux pieds nus. She performed in the world's largest venues, including the Olympia in Paris.
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Discography
- Cesária 1987
- La Diva aux pieds nus 1988
- Distino Di Belita 1990
- Mar Azul 1991
- Miss Perfumado 1992
- Cesaria Evora Live a l'Olympia 1993
- Cesaria 1995
- Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 1997 1997
- Cabo Verde 1997
- Café Atlantico 1999
- São Vicente di Longe 2001
- Voz d'amor 2003
- Rogamar 2006
- Nha Sentimento 2009
- Mãe Carinhosa 2013