Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
Rob Long ·
Dec 17, 2011 at 11:42am
I first saw Cesária Évora sing many years ago, on a summer night at the Hollywood Bowl. She glided onto stage, barefoot as usual, and sang for two hours, without a break, some of the most beautiful morna songs ever written. And she sang them from somewhere deep in her barefoot soul.
She was from Cape Verde, sang mostly in Portuguese with a mixture of Cape Verdean creole, but it really didn't matter. Morna is basically a kind of blues, and everybody understands the blues.
Cesária Évora, singer of fado and morna, whom they called "The Barefoot Diva," and who enthralled an audience on a cool Hollywood night, RIP.
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Feb '11
Re: Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
I have two of her albums, which are wonderful and I play them frequently: Mar Azul and Cafe Atlantico. Highly recommend.
Edited on Dec 17, 2011 at 12:23pmSep '11
Re: Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
I never heard her - in London we get lazy, because there is so much amazing stuff on all the time. I regret that now. Thanks for the album tips, FX.
Re: Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
I love Mar Azul.
May '10
Re: Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
She is--was--quite wonderful, and a particular favorite of my husband's. IIRC, she was here a few years ago and we were unable to go for some reason. So sad. I think I might pull one of her CDs from the shelf and read a little Hitchens...
Feb '11
Re: Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva, RIP
How beautiful. Human beings never cease to amaze me.