LUSAFRICA CESARIA EVORA/Mae Carinhosa: Unfortunately for Evora, she got her worldwide acclaim during Leonard Cohen’s lost years. If he was touring instead of sitting up on Mt. Baldy, Evora would have been a great opening act for him. Or she might have blown him off the stage. This album is one of those ones that make you look the other way when you know that it was put together posthumously by a close friend made up of tracks that didn’t make it on to her proper releases. Anyone lucky enough to have seen her live will testify that not just any singer can hold you rapt singing ‘saudade’ over and over for a few minutes. Any fan of Cohen’s from I’m You Man forward that never experienced Evora before is sure to have their mind blown when encountering this non-album and will want to find out the rest of the story. This shows why it’s important to leave your legacy in the hands of a good friend that cares about your memory.