Recent blog posts about Cesaria Evora from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/cesariaevora/ 2013-05-20T12:31:01+01:00 text/html 2013-05-08T16:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4939129/jamandahalfxvagabrothers-destination-9-cabo-verde/
One day it would be amazing to replicate the type of trip Griff and I are taking, in "real" life of course, and visit perhaps 30 countries in 120 days or so. We would use those 96 hours to see live music and talk to as many locals as possible about what makes the music of that country special and how it relates to their culture, history, etc. But doing this virtual traveling, delving into the depths of Spotify, does have its benefits and one of those is being able to wake up and find [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-10T11:55:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4883217/lawrence-dj-sprinkles-and-pp-bradock/
We have landed in Berlin. Before many of the upcoming posts begin reflecting my surroundings by descending into techno debauchery, I thought I would share a bunch of upbeat, housey tracks. Let's get the tail end of this week going in the right way shall we? Got a little gushy when I spotted this one.. DJ Sprinkles ' classic ' Brenda's $20 Dilemma ' getting a rub down from Japan's own little maestro Kuniyuki Takahashi . Very exciting stuff. Kuniyuki really added a lot of spice here - buckets of percussion, [...]]]> text/html 2012-12-24T03:37:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4687374/happy-holidays-from-30-days-out-peace-on-earth/
REPOST from 2008 (with slight updating): - I remember when the Apollo 8 astronauts went into space, right before Christmas in 1968. That was a rough year - Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedywere shot, Vietnam was a bloody stain on the other side of the world. Violence boiled over into the streets. As Christmas week opened, three men in a little metal capsule hurtled through space toward the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first humans to reach the orbit of another planetary body. As they streakedacross the dark side of the [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-05T02:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3972479/in-memoriam-december-2011/
Decembers headline death probably is that of the great Cesria vora , who emerged from the tiny West African island of Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony. But as a soul fan, percussion maestro Ralph MacDonald is my headline departure of the month. He wrote some stone-cold classics and appeared on an impressive catalogue of soul and fusion albums, including those released in their heyday by Bill Withers, George Benson, Donny Hathaway, Ashford & Simpson, Brothers Johnson, Margie Joseph, Patti Austin, Grover Washington, Maynard Ferguson, The Crusaders, Michael Franks, Eric Gale, Bob James, Herbie Mann, [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-26T20:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3951952/in-memoriam-cesaria-evora/
Cesaria Evora : Sodade [ purchase ] The Cape Verde Islands are a chain of ten volcanic islands off the coast of Senegal. Much of the land is desert, there is a live volcano on one island, and the area has a particular kind of hurricane named after it. So it really isnt that surprising that the islands were uninhabited until the fifteenth century. At that time, Portugal established an outpost there to service their slave trade. The Cape Verde Islands remained a Portugese colony until independence came in 1975. Since [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-23T20:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3954667/happy-holidays-from-30-days-out-peace-on-earth/
REPOST from 2008 (with slight updating): - I remember when the Apollo 8 astronauts went into space, right before Christmas in 1968. That was a rough year - Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedywere shot, Vietnam was a bloody stain on the other side of the world. Violence boiled over into the streets. As Christmas week opened, three men in a little metal capsule hurtled through space toward the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first humans to reach the orbit of another planetary body. As they streakedacross the dark side of the [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-23T16:58:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3947582/mixmas-2011-daniel-martin-moore/
If its December, then you know its Mixmas time at You Aint No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks. MP3: Daniel Martin Moore - The Trawlerman's Song (Vashti Bunyan cover) Kentucky's Daniel Martin Moore has been influential [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-23T08:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3947763/happy-holidays-from-30-days-out-peace-on-earth/
REPOST from 2008 (with slight updating): - I remember when the Apollo 8 astronauts went into space, right before Christmas in 1968. That was a rough year - Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedywere shot, Vietnam was a bloody stain on the other side of the world. Violence boiled over into the streets. As Christmas week opened, three men in a little metal capsule hurtled through space toward the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first humans to reach the orbit of another planetary body. As they streakedacross the dark side of the [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-19T22:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3939840/a-ltima-morna-de-cesria/
por: cm O dia 17 de Dezembro de 2011 ser, para sempre, lembrado pela despedida da vida da diva dos ps descalos , Cesria vora . A primeira vez que entrei em contacto com a msica de Cesria vora foi em 1994, em Paris, mais concretamente no Louvre. De todos os pontos de escuta que existiam na loja de discos, um tinha o lbum de Cesria, de 1992 Miss Perfumado . A carreira de Cesria vora sempre esteve intimamente ligada a Frana. Jos Silva, cidado francs, [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-18T14:28:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3938350/cesaria-evora-rip/
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Filed under: News , R.I.P. Barbara Zanon, Getty Images Cesaria Evora , a Grammy-winning singer who brought the "morna" music of her native Cape Verde to the world, died today in her home country, the Associated Press reports. She was 70. Born on Aug. 27, 1941 in Mindelo -- a port city in an archipelagic nation located off the western coast of Africa -- Evora began singing as a teenager, after a [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-17T13:54:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3936963/cesria-vora-1941-2011/
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Photo: Hotel Basico. Playa del Carmen. Belated summer / continental nostalgia. Andrew Sisters - Rum & Coca Cola Rum & Coca Cola (1944) Cesaria Evora - Sodade Miss Perfumado (Lusafrica, 1992) Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba Os Mutantes (1968) [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-23T14:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3741520/cape-verdian-star-cesaria-evora-ends-her-musical-career-at/
Cesaria Evora Cesaria Evora 's management company and record label Lusafrica announced this morning in Paris that the renowned singer from Cape Verde will be retiring effective today. Lusafrica's owner, Jos da Silva, who also produces and manages Cesaria Evora indicated that the Cape Verdian diva who turned 70 years old on August 27 had arrived in Paris " in a state of great weakness ." She will be unable to complete her French tour, including a tribute concert programmed on Saturday, October 15 at Fiesta des Suds in Marseilles. [...]]]> text/html 2011-04-21T06:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3382101/caipirinha-lounge-presents-o-som-da-conexo-vol-1/
O Som da Conexo, Vol. 1 H quase uma ano que fao parte da Conexo Lusfona , uma organizao juvenil sem fins lucrativos que nasce da mesma fonte, do mesmo sentimento que fez com que o prprio Caipirinha Lounge fosse uma realidade: o sentimento que somos parte de um todo chamado 'lusofonia', e a sensao de que a aproximao dos nossos povos, com base nas nossas culturas to distintas mas to parecidas, benfica para os falantes da lngua portuguesa. Como diz a nossa carta de apresentao, A [...]]]> text/html 2011-02-02T10:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3165130/short-world-music-stories-cesria-vora-cesria-vora/
On a damp, dank and despondent Wednesday in the periphery of London, the soulful croon of the "barefoot diva" Cesria vora sounds altogether otherworldly, inconceivable that her Cape Verdean Creole originated just half the world away. A highly collaborative long player that despite its extensive length never slips into morna monotony, Cesria vora & features anything and everything from the irrevocably French voix of Bernard Lavilliers to the weather-beaten falsetto of Salif Keita, with vora's timeless vocals flowing resplendently throughout like glistening water snaking its way through El Dorado. Another staple of the record is the sublime guitar [...]]]> text/html 2010-12-24T08:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3069775/30-days-out-from-christmas-peace-on-earth/
REPOST from 2008 (with slight updating): - I remember when the Apollo 8 astronauts went into space, right before Christmas in 1968. That was a rough year - Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedywere shot, Vietnam was a bloody stain on the other side of the world. Violence boiled over into the streets. As Christmas week opened, three men in a little metal capsule hurtled through space toward the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first humans to reach the orbit of another planetary body.As they streakedacross the dark side of the moon [...]]]> text/html 2010-10-06T21:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2873969/at-the-bar/
Cesaria Evora - Angola (Carl Craig's Remix) [...]]]> text/html 2010-06-15T00:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2619182/late-nite-lounge-vol-21-club-sodade/
Cape Town, South Africa. The sky is black but dotted with clouds and the road is slick with rain, but no matter, the city is gripped in the best of all fevers, World Cup fever. We don't live on the city proper so as we roll along on the highway, the city rises up in the immediate distance, and next to it, lit up with powerful lights, Table Mountain. Imposing, serene, beautiful, mesmerizing, all at once. The perfect companion for the Mother City. On the radio plays Club Sodade, that remix CD of Cesria vora's [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-19T13:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2207675/30-days-out-from-christmas-peace-on-earth/
Day 29 - I remember when the Apollo 8 astronauts went into space, right before Christmas in 1968. That was a rough year - Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedywere shot, Vietnam was a bloody stain on the other side of the world. Violence boiled over into the streets. As Christmas week opened, three men in a little metal capsule hurtled through space toward the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first humans to reach the orbit of another planetary body.As they streakedacross the dark side of the moon on Christmas Eve, they [...]]]>