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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelImport
EAN8712177035519
eBay Product ID (ePID)30629731
Product Key Features
Era1990s
Run Time2633 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year2000
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreWorld Music
StyleAfrican Traditions, Western European Traditions
TypeAlbum
ArtistCesária Évora, Césaria Évora
Release TitleCesária [Audiophile Legends]
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionDelta Music/Sony Dadc
Number of Tracks7
Country/Region of ManufactureCape Verde, Belgium, Africa
Reviews4.5 Stars - Very Good - Excellent - "...Evora, the queen of morna, bears comparison with Billie Holiday or Edith Piaf, her warm, dusky contralto brimming with melancholy nostalgia as she croons the Creole poetry of Cape Verde's finest composers...", "...bolstered by comparisons to Edith Piaf and Billie Holiday, she has lost none of the warmth and tenderness or taste for folksy material with a wistful, Mediterranean feel....will bring a lump to the dryest throat.", "...Evora's voice is rich and mellow, and sometimes even dreamy...The styles range from the uptempo...to the quiet...But throughout, Evora sings in a way that evokes both power and vulnerability, often both in the same breath.", Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums of `95 - "Somewhere on the spectrum between Sade and Billie Holiday sits Ms. Evora..."