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Metro Santa Cruz, CD Review >>
The Cape Verdean Islands were uninhabited until
Portuguese explorers set up a settlement in 1462. Used
initially as a port-of-call in the terrible rum, sugar and slave
trade triangle, the islands' inauspicious roots also gave
birth to an incredible diverse indigenous population whose
culture is equal parts European and West African. The
islands' main musical superstar, the barefoot princess
Cesaria Evora, has long charmed Western audiences with
her cheerful yet wistful brand of morna, but now there's a
new kid from the islands on the verge of massive critical
acclaim: Lura. The beautiful singer takes the
brokenhearted sounds of Evora and builds upon their
sentimentality with tight vocal improvisations, interlocking
percussion parts and sweeping, but playful arrangements.
A specialist of funana, a rather erotic brand of dance music
fueled by the accordion, Lura has just released her first
album stateside called Di Korpu Ku Alma, and stands
poised to shuffle into the footprints of her shoeless
predecessor. - Pete Koht.
09/08/05
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