Cesaria Evora Dies...

[Cem]

Cape Verdean singer died at 70

I was fortunate enough to catch her live in Istanbul 2 years ago... will try and post short, grainy video from outdoor show later... sorry to hear that she's gone.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Wonderful singer! R.I.P.

[Valerie]

oh, this is very sad! i knew she was ill and had cancelled concerts but didn't expect this news. and at a young age (to me). she was so special and will be missed enormously.

[Pete C]

A rare voice. I was fortunate to see her 3 or 4 times. The best was at Bimbo's 365 in SF, which has great atmosphere. I also loved the way she got around the no smoking regulations by sitting at a table and smoking and drinking while the band played a number, making it part of her stage show, which apparently was a way around the regulations.

[bluenoter]

R.I.P. 

[Valerie]

thank you, Rita.

[RainyDay]

I have one of her CDs. Beautiful voice. A local television station gave a lovely tribute to her tonight. The link below is to the AP story.

http://www.ktvu.com/ap/ap/entertainm...-age-70/nF42h/

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Here's a link the tighter and shorter original record of Carnaval -- they've disabled embedding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDLZ...eature=related

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

[Cem]

Thanks, Steve.
My video from Istanbul is so grainy, that I wouldn't want to waste anyone's time... only enjoyable to me.
This one from Kiev the same year is not so bad, though...

[ran]

Just loved this woman. RIP.

[RJo]

I really liked her Morna style!