in posting the same Cesaria Evora track for the second time, tonight I shall redress the balance by posting tunes of hers not previously posted on MOG. First up comes from her 1996 Paris recorded "Live A L'Olympia" album - Cesaria was in her mid-forties before she and another Cape Verdean singer named Bana came to Europe for the first time. Both are from Mindelo, where they learned the morna an...
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On checking here, it transpires that, to date there has not been ONE post on here about the legendary 67 year old barefoot cigar smoking whisky drinking star of the morna music of the Cape Verde Islands, Cesaria Evora.Situated in the Atlantic Ocean virtually due west of Dakar, Senegal, the Cape Verde Islands are a former Portuguese colony, now fairly impoverished and largely dependent on sea fi...
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reminds me that I really should post more morna music from Cabo Verde; the music reflects a feeling of wistful longing summed up by the Portuguese word saudade, which has no real equivalent in English
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??saudadedo ant. soedade, soidade, suidade < Lat. solitate, com influência de saudars. f.,lembrança triste e suave de pessoas ou coisas distantes ou extintas, acompanhada do desejo de as tornar a ver ou a possuir;pesar pela ausência de alguém que nos é querido;nostalgia??*"Sad and delicate memory of distant or vanished persons or things, accompanied by the desire to see or have them again;sad
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This comes highly recommended by my mate Dave. I'm inclined to agree. From Cape Verde, I think. So nice mix of influences.
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In keeping with the 7:00 AM and mixtape themes I started below (courtesy of Madame Bartleby), I decided to rummage through my old mixtapes for Funky Friday.I also decided to maintain the vibe I started with Yukimi Nagano, choosing to follow her with the grand Cesaria Evora.This version of "Sangue de Beirona" was remixed by Joaquin "Joe" Claussell, with keyboard accompaniment by Mark de Clive-Lo...
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Besame Mucho is one of well-known song all over ther world. Since I've been hearing it once again I've decided to make the post about it. That imperishable song Besame Mucho was written by young girl Consuelo Velasquez in 1941. In 1944 this song Besame Mucho had won the spanish song contest in USA, starting to play over the air and soon had became the world hit. The song Besame Mucho was transl...
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