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Started by Grallon, December 17, 2011, 10:23:37 PM

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Grallon

December 17, 2011, 10:23:37 PM
My beloved Cesaria Evora is dead!


She who was known as the 'barefoot diva' ( http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047669.html?cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews ). 

"Evora, known to her close friends as Cize (pronounced see-ZEH), was the best-known performer of "morna," Cape Verde's national music. It is a complex, soulful sound, mixing an array of influences arising from the African and seafaring traditions of the 10 volcanic islands."

I *love* that sound - the mourning and nostalgia embedded in it.  And she was the greatest in the genre.  Here are some samples.




G.

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Tudo Tem Se Limite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmh-NwijfVI&feature=related

Ingrata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4ghUUCw7s&feature=related

Mar Azul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4WIsQwkbJw&feature=related

Saia Travada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzbJPuEYdOw&feature=related

Sangue de Beirona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW3sYHDkQgA

Angola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEv88Ew1T5A&feature=related

A classic...

Besame Mucho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsg_Lk819s&feature=related

And my absolute favorite of hers...

Saudade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYY8GJ-i0I


A great lady has left us.  :(
"Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself."

~Jean-François Revel

Eddie Teach

#1
December 17, 2011, 10:26:50 PM
How did you come by this appreciation of the music of Cape Verde?  :hmm:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Josephus

#2
December 17, 2011, 10:45:49 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 17, 2011, 10:26:50 PM
How did you come by this appreciation of the music of Cape Verde?  :hmm:
You mean, you haven't? :huh:


;)
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Sheilbh

#3
December 17, 2011, 10:46:47 PM
Sad news.  Wonderful singer.  Rogamar's a favourite album.
Let's bomb Russia!

Grallon

#4
December 17, 2011, 10:51:26 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 17, 2011, 10:26:50 PM
How did you come by this appreciation of the music of Cape Verde?  :hmm:



I am many things beside whatever else you people think I am...  I saw Cesaria live in Quebec City in the mid-90s - her voice was so sultry yet so mournful...




G.
"Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself."

~Jean-François Revel

Neil

#5
December 18, 2011, 12:32:17 AM
You do realize that she wasn't white, right?
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

garbon

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December 18, 2011, 12:35:21 AM
Quote from: Grallon on December 17, 2011, 10:51:26 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 17, 2011, 10:26:50 PM
How did you come by this appreciation of the music of Cape Verde?  :hmm:
I am many things beside whatever else you people think I am... 

G.

If we have that impression who is to blame but yourself?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#7
December 18, 2011, 01:05:48 AM
Quote from: Grallon on December 17, 2011, 10:51:26 PM
I am many things beside whatever else you people think I am...

I wasn't implying that I found it uncharacteristic.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?
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