◇ image via WikipediaCesária Évora
Cesária Évora is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tito Paris, Salif Keita, Bau, Lura and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how Cesária Évora arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mayra Andrade, Lhasa de Sela, Lura, Compay Segundo and Ibrahim Ferrer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Madonna, Señor Coconut, Osunlade, Caetano Veloso and Stromae, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Cesária Évora, reaching back through Tito Paris and forward to Madonna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Cesária Évora GCIH was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004, and it has influenced many Cape Verde diaspora musicians as well as American pop singer Madonna. Évora is also known as Cize, the Barefoot Diva, and the Queen of Morna.
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Cesária Évora connections
Cesária Évora grew out of Tito Paris, Salif Keita, Bau and Lura, shares an orbit with Mayra Andrade, Lhasa de Sela, Lura and Compay Segundo, went on to shape Madonna, Señor Coconut, Osunlade and Caetano Veloso. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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