Blog: one lonely horn

Previously Caesaria Evora was the voice most readily associated with Cape Verde despite Titina (real name Albertina Rodrigues Almeida) having a recording career that goes back to her teens. Now in her more mature years hopefully she will achieve some belated success on a broader stage. Drawn from some of Cape Verde’s most popular writers her exquisite renditions of these beautiful poems ooze romance in all its guises. Although hurt seems to feature regularly too. “Passion is a hardship” she proclaims, though ‘sadder still is the suffering of a hidden tear surrounded by regret’. Later, with ‘A Heavy Heart’ we [...]