Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora, known as the "Barefoot Diva," was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter who gained international prominence in the 1990s. Évora was known as the "Queen of Morna," a genre of music from Cape Verde. Notable pieces include Sodade and Ausência which was featured in the film Underground. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor.

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  The morna: essential music of the Cape Verde archipelago reached mainland thanks to Cesária Évora's voice

  With roots in the 18th-century Cape Verde, the morna music is a vital and culturally definitive genre of the archipelago...