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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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