Cesaria Evora - Morna Blues

Starring: Cesaria Evora Original UK Premiere: 2000 Dvd Release: 20th May, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Full Screen, PAL, Region 2 Encoding Dubbed In: French, German

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Cesaria Evora, born in 1941 in the port town of Mindelo on the Cape Verde island of Sao Vicente is a notable folk singer. She is known as the barefoot diva because of her propensity to appear on stage in her bare feet in support of the homeless & poor women & children of her country. Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixes her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing & sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin, accordion & clarinet. Evoras Cape Verdean blues often speak of the countrys long & bitter history of isolation & slave trade, as well as emigration - almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad. Evoras voice, a finely-tuned, melancholy instrument with a touch of hoarseness, highlights her emotional phrasing by accenting a word or phrase. Even audiences who do not understand her language are held spell-bound by the emotions evident in her performances. In 2004 she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album. Sodade, Les Plus Belles Mornas De Cesaria - 1994.

Cesaria Evora, for those who dont know her, originates from the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic ocean. Her music is a cross between Porteguese & Brazilian. On this DVD, which is about 5 years old now, you can see a documentary about her which includes absolutely beautiful live recordings of some of her earlier recordings ; there is a concert performance; & also a few video clips. It is worth the money just for the documentary. If you already know her music & like it, you will love this DVD, the contents of which are honest & true to life.

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