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Lura is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Caetano Veloso, Bonga, Tito Paris, Marisa Monte and Djavan. Those roots explain a lot about how Lura arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mayra Andrade, Sara Tavares, Cesária Évora, Bonga and Tito Paris, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cesária Évora and Mélissa Laveaux, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Lura, reaching back through Caetano Veloso and forward to Cesária Évora. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lura is a Portuguese singer and musician, of Cape Verdean descent. Her compositions are based on traditional Cape-Verdean music as for example the Morna, Funaná and Batuque, and influenced by African and contemporary Western music.
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Lura connections
Lura grew out of Caetano Veloso, Bonga, Tito Paris and Marisa Monte, shares an orbit with Mayra Andrade, Sara Tavares, Cesária Évora and Bonga, went on to shape Cesária Évora and Mélissa Laveaux. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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