Price: $18 - $20

Making her second appearance in Minnesota, and making a splash in world music circles all around the U.S. and Europe, Lura is a lovely young ex-dancer with a seductive contralto voice, and a high-profile Boston-based manager -- one Luis Barros, close associate of R&B hitmakers L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. Barros is originally from the islands of Cape Verde, and Lura is the first singer from Cape Verde to achieve international star status since the barefoot diva, Cesaria Evora. So their bond is deep, as is Lura's commitment to spreading and expanding the gentle, beguiling music of those islands off the west coast of Africa. Tom Surowicz

Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Av. S.
Minneapolis, MN
612-338-2674
http://www.thecedar.org