Cesaria Evora

The barefoot diva of Cape Verde returns with eighteen tracks steeped in morna and coladeira, those melancholic island rhythms that made her a global phenomenon. Recorded under BMG France’s stewardship, Évora’s weathered voice—smoky and intimate—anchors these worldwide arrangements, from acoustic guitar to subtle orchestration. Her 2010 output sustains the emotional directness that defined her four-decade career, trading virtuosity for raw presence and the kind of gravitational pull that transcends genre boundaries entirely.