
Artist
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora is a musical artist from Mindelo, CV formed in 1957. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Mindelo, CV
- 27
- Releases
- 1991–2021
- Active years
- 1957
- Formed

Artist
Cesária Évora is a musical artist from Mindelo, CV formed in 1957. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Mindelo, CV

Most popular
Cesaria Evora
2006 · 6 tracks

Mãe Carinhosa
2013

Nha Sentimento
2009

Café Atlantico
1999

Cesaria
1995

Miss Perfumado
1992

Voz d'Amor
2003

Mar Azul
1991

La Diva Aux Pieds Nus
2011

Distino Di Belita
2003

Rogamar
2006
Nova Sintra
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Cesaria Evora remixes by François K. & Joe Claussel
2014

Miss Perfumado - 20th Anniversary
2012

Live à Paris 1993
2008

Radio Mindelo
2008

Club Sodade
2004

Kerri Chandler Remixes
2003

Cabo Verde
2002

Best Of
2002
São Vicente
2001

São Vicente di Longe
2001
Le Monde De Cesaria Evora
1999
Sodade
1994
A native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Cesária Évora was 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 …