Ana Sofia Fonseca's feature documentary Cesária Évora opens with hand-held, bootleg-style footage of the legendary Cabo Verdean morna singer in rehearsal. It is visually inauspicious but subtly ...

When Grammy Award®-winner Cesária Évora suddenly left us on December 17, 2011, there was a huge outpouring of emotion from her fans. In 2012, thousands flocked to pay their respects at a series of ...

The Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, known as the barefoot diva, has died at age 70, according to reports over the weekend. The singer, who brought the melancholy music known as morna to ...

Cesária Évora made the music of the Cape Verde islands famous throughout the world in the early 1990s. This film is an introduction to the culture, music and zest for life of the Cape Verdean people.

WestEnd Films and Cinephil are teaming up for a feature documentary on the late Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora. Directed by Portuguese filmmaker Ana Sofia Fonseca, the film — simply titled “Cesária ...

Cesaria Evora has been likened to some of the world’s greatest vocalists: Billie Holiday, Amalia Rodrigues and Edith Piaf. While such comparisons evoke the Cape Verdean singer’s stature and authority, ...

There was a time in the early 2000s when the soft yet strong, round sounds of Cesária Évora’s voice could be heard on radios, in shops, on the streets, and almost anywhere in any country. Her death in ...

The title of Cesaria Evora's latest album, "Voz d'Amor," suggests a small but crucial shift in the Cape Verdean singer's style. In 1991, when the then-50-year-old "barefoot diva" was first introduced ...

Singer/songwriter Michelle Branch has lined up a fall tour in support of her sophomore Maverick album, “Hotel Paper.” The trek begins Oct. 2 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and will wrap Oct. 29 in Oshkosh, ...