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Sample Track 1:
"Balancê" from Balancê (Times Square Records)
Sample Track 2:
"Planeta Sukri (Featuring Boy Gê Mendes)" from Balancê (Times Square Records)
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Balancê (Times Square Records)
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Best of 2006 List (excerpt)
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-by Don Heckman

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Sara Tavares, "Balance" (Times Square). The Portuguese-Cape Verdean singer-guitarist transforms traditional mornas and coladeiras into strikingly contemporary form with subtle infusions of rap, reggae and a sprinkling of jazz rhythm.

 12/17/06
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