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CD review of European version
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Philadelphia Weekly, CD review of European version >>
The Cape Verde-born Lisbon-based singer Lura has to deal with comparisons to her musical elder Cesaria Evora, the "Barefoot Diva" who put Cape Verdean music on the world music map. Born in 1975, Lura burst onto the scene in 1996 and performed with Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso. On her third CD, which roughly translates to "body and soul" in English, she adds R&B and jazz to her country's morna and coladeira genres without sacrificing their soft syncopations. Vocally, Lura's cool island Creole/Portuguese is a marked contrast to Evora's throaty, world-weary vocals. Lura's delivery works well with lush orchestrations, percussive percolations and synthesized numbers like the festive Afro anthems on "Batuku," the impassioned "Nha Vida" ("My Life") and the poetic "So Um Cartinha." With her artistic boldness, which is surpassed only by her beauty, Cape Verde has another musical ambassador to be proud of. 06/24/04 >> go there
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