Review: A native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Cesaria Evora was known as the country's foremost practitioner of the morna, a combination of West African percussion with Portuguese fados, Brazilian modinhas, and British sea shanties. Here her much-acclaimed debut album from 1999 is heard reissued by Music On Vinyl, highlighting a pinnacle point in her career. The 90s were a strong time for Evora; it saw to a string of original records after a pluming singing career in the decade prior. Evora here ventured further into Latin American infused soundscapes, venturing further outwards from her earlier Portuguese explorations.
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