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[[Image:evora.jpg|thumb|Caption]]'''Cesaária EÉvora''', born in 1941 in the port town of [[Mindelo]] on the [[Cape Verde]] [[island]] of [[Sao Vicente]] is a notable [[folk music|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 and poor women and children of her country.

Long known as the queen of the [[morna]], a soulful genre (descendant of the Portuguese fado) sung in [[Creole language|Creole-Portuguese]], she mixes her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of [[guitar]], [[cavaquinho]], [[violin]], [[accordion]], and [[clarinet]]. EÉvora's Cape Verdean blues often speak of the country's long and bitter history of isolation and [[slavery|slave]] trade, as well as [[emigration]] - almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad.

EÉvora's 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]].

=== Discography: ===
# La Diva aux pieds nus - 1988
# Distino di Belita - 1990
# Mal Azul - 1991
# Miss Perfumado - 1992
# Sodade, Les Plus Belles Mornas De Cesaria - 1994
# Cesaria - 1995
# Cabo Verde - 1997
# Cafe Atlantico - 1999
# Sao Vicente de Longe - 2001
# Cesaria Evora Anthology - 2002
# Live in Paris (DVD) - 2002
# Voz D'amor - 2003
# Club Sodade - Cesaria Evora by... - 2003
# Live D'Amor (DVD) - 2004

Complete discography with tracks, some real audio files and lyrics: http://www.mindelo.info/disco_cesaria.html

French site about this queen: http://www.cesaria.info

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