Sunday 18 December 2011

Barefoot diva



RIP Cesária Évora, the Cape Verdian "barefoot diva" who died yesterday aged 70.

Senhora Évora was not a lady with whose work I was particularly familiar I have to admit, but she had a beautifully smoky voice and encapsulated a certain spirit of the Portuguese-African musical blend - and it is always sad to lose another classy diva...

As a tribute, here's a fab remix of her Sangue de Beirona by none other than that great maestro of house music, DJ François Kevorkian:


Cesária Évora obituary on the BBC

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