To many, she is the Queen of Morna, while for others she is the 'Barefoot Diva'. Cesária Évora was a major Cape Verdean recording artist who was born on August 27, 1941, to a part-time musician father ...

AS A child, Cesária Évora never stepped into the waves. She was frightened of the Atlantic breakers that tumbled up the beaches of São Vicente or crashed in high spray on the rocks, and never learned ...

Cesaria Evora, the “barefoot diva” of Cape Verde, made her Orange County debut Saturday night at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. She brought with her a well-synchronized, nine-member band ...

Cesária Evora, who has died aged 70, won international acclaim as a singer when she brought the haunting music of her native Cape Verde to concert platforms around the world. 18 December 2011 • 1:30pm ...

Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died Sat… ...

Cesária Évora, better known as the ‘Barefoot Diva’ for her habit of always performing shoeless in solidarity with her native Cape Verde’s poverty, has died at the age of 70 on her home island of São ...

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, ...

‘Cesária Évora,’ an intimate documentary about the late Cape Verdean Grammy-winning singer by Portugal’s director/journalist Ana Sofia Fonseca, has been named for an International Documentary ...

The Grammy-winning singer had retired in September due to health problems. By The Associated Press LISBON, Portugal — Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde ...

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Cape Verde is mourning the death of its legendary singer Cesaria Evora who passed away, aged 70, on Saturday. The "Barefoot Diva" - as she was known for performing without shoes - began her recording ...

Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the ...